Fanatics

Senior Software Engineer

Fanatics$261K — $271K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • 5 years of experience in software engineering or closely related roles
  • 3 years designing scalable architectures for sports betting platforms
  • 3 years with Java technologies, focusing on best practices
  • 3 years collaborating with cross-functional teams for product delivery

Responsibilities

  • Architect and lead design of large-scale, distributed systems
  • Design and operate fault-tolerant, low-latency systems
  • Define and enforce service level objectives and manage incident responses
  • Build observability and resilience patterns for microservices
  • Conduct performance engineering and capacity planning for cloud services
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and development teams on features
  • Participate actively in code reviews and design discussions

Benefits

  • Partial telecommuting allowed
  • Work in a dynamic environment at a central New York location
  • Opportunity to influence technology and design best practices
  • Engage with cross-functional teams and develop leadership skills
Full Job Description
Architect and lead the end-to-end design of large-scale, multi-tier distributed systems, including authoring technical specs, conducting architecture/design reviews, and ensuring integration, performance, and scalability across services; Design and operate fault-tolerant, low-latency systems at internet scale, including data partitioning/sharding and consistency strategies, and recovery mechanisms (e.g., idempotent processing, backpressure) to meet strict availability and p99 latency objectives; Define and enforce SLOs/error budgets and lead Sev-1 incident response and postmortems; build org-wide observability (metrics, traces, logs) and resilience patterns (circuit breaker, retries/backoff, bulkheads) for cloud-native microservices; Performance engineering and capacity planning for microservices on public cloud (e.g., AWS/GCP/Azure): load modeling, profiling bottlenecks, optimizing algorithms/data structures, and making cost/performance trade-offs across regions; Be responsible for the sports betting platform in its entirety and build and maintain the many services that make up the platform; Work on projects and features with customers, stakeholders and peers while balancing customer requirements with team requirements; Work closely with our internal and external development teams to deliver a stable and reliable application in line with our product roadmap and schedule; Be proficient in a broad range of design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them and when it is not; Help the team evolve by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric/COE reviews; Be proficient with Java technologies and ensure that the team is using best practices and guidelines, and design patterns. Partial telecommuting permitted; on-site at 61 9th Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011 when not telecommuting. Salary: $261,248 - $271,248 per year. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's Degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any occupation, job title, or position performing code review, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric/COE reviews. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of experience, the employer will accept a Master's degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, plus 3 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any occupation, job title, or position performing code review, design discussions, team planning, and ticket/metric/COE reviews. Must also have experience in the following: 3 years of professional experience designing and maintaining scalable, service-oriented architectures to support a full-featured sports betting platform; 3 years of professional experience building and deploying backend services using Java technologies, applying industry best practices, design patterns, and development standards; 3 years of professional experience implementing solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams including stakeholders, customers, and external partners; 3 years of professional experience participating in code reviews, team planning, and engineering metrics reviews to support team growth and code quality; 3 years of professional experience maintaining production-grade applications with a focus on system reliability, performance, and scalability; 3 years of professional experience supporting development teams by leading discussions on design, code quality, and technology adoption; 3 years of professional experience implementing continuous integration and deployment pipelines to support a stable and reliable product delivery lifecycle. CONTACT: Apply online at fanaticsinc.com/careers or email resume to: [redacted]. Must specify Ad Code SVKM in subject line. #LI-DNI #LI-DNP

About Fanatics

Fanatics is a leading retailer of licensed sports merchandise. The company was founded in 1995 and has grown to become the largest online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise in the world. Fanatics offers a wide range of products, including jerseys, hats, and other apparel, as well as collectibles and memorabilia. The company has partnerships with all major sports leagues and teams, as well as with individual athletes. Fanatics is committed to providing a seamless shopping experience for its customers and has invested heavily in technology and logistics to ensure fast and reliable delivery.
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Size
5,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1995

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