Fanatics

Software Engineer II, Backend

Fanatics

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $125,000 - $154,250 per year

Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaKafkaKotlinKubernetesSpringTerraform

About the role

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, high-quality backend systems for the Fanatics App
  • Develop, test, document, and deploy high quality software into production
  • Build features and tools used by the team
  • Participate in on-call rotation to troubleshoot software issues when needed
  • Escalate roadblocks and participate in code reviews to maintain code quality
  • Contribute to team planning and design discussions and define engineering principles and best practices
  • Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation
  • Work closely with product and stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve products
  • Mentor and onboard junior engineers and interns
  • Remain current on latest technologies and be open to occasional travel for conferences, events, and team building

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience building backend features as part of a scrum team
  • Proficiency in Spring with Kotlin and/or Java is a plus
  • Knowledge of observability practices, including logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems
  • Experience in Agile software delivery, estimating story points, committing to work and collaborating among your team
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical concepts clearly
  • Team-first mentality and ability to thrive in a high-growth environment
  • Preferred: Strong experience in the sports industry, gaming and content delivery
  • Preferred: Highly effective with Kotlin, Java and/or Go
  • Preferred: Expertise in messaging technologies such as Kafka or Amazon SQS and event-driven architectures
  • Preferred: Comfortable working with Cloud Native and Infrastructure as Code like Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform
  • Ability to work in diverse codebases, both legacy and greenfield
  • Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations
Benefits
  • Remote work
  • Occasional travel to Fanatics offices, conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
backend developmentSpringKotlinJavaGoobservability practicesAgile software deliverymessaging technologiesevent-driven architecturesInfrastructure as Code
Soft skills
communication skillsteam-first mentalitymentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingplanningdesign discussionscode reviewsdocumentationadaptability