Staff Software Engineer - Java, Backend

August 6

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Fanatics, Inc.

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Gaming • Retail • eCommerce

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform that aims to enhance the fan experience for over 100 million sports enthusiasts worldwide. The company operates across several divisions including Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming. They offer fans the opportunity to buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle products, and headwear, collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets, as well as engage in sports betting. Fanatics partners with over 900 sports properties globally, including major leagues, teams, and athletes, and operates more than 2,000 retail locations. The company is committed to corporate responsibility with a focus on philanthropy, diversity and inclusion, brand protection, and sustainability.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

🎮 Gaming

🛒 Retail

🛍️ eCommerce

📋 Description

• Lead a team or teams that develops, tests, documents, and deploys high quality software into production, leading the delivery of solutions that are extensible and scalable • Clarify requirements and assists with coding/story estimates • Participate in the on-call rotation when needed to troubleshoot software issues • Quickly identify when to troubleshoot or escalate when tasks or projects hit roadblocks, find a path forward in difficult situations • Mitigate immediate risk, identify and resolve root causes • Remove bottlenecks and make technical and design approach trade-off decisions short term vs long-term • Contribute to team planning and design discussions, building more expertise around design approaches, driving best practices and improving the speed of delivery • Lead code reviews to provide constructive direction • Proactively simplifies code and resolves team architecture deficiencies • Impact software architecture, dependencies, performance, and business value • Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation • Advise technology leaders, our product team, and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products • Mentor and coach other engineers and actively work to reduce onboarding burden of future team members • Influence your team's adherence to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of our engineering strategy • Develop a solid understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap • Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development • Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics Betting & Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building highly scalable and fault tolerant systems with Java and Spring • You understand a broad range of design approaches • You are able to triage and debug system-wide production issues • Demonstrated experience mentoring other engineers • Able to effectively communicate complex technical subjects to a variety of audiences (engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, non-technical functional leaders) • Familiar with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM methodology • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills • You have an agile mindset; able to embrace new initiatives in a fast-paced environment • Thrives in an entrepreneurial, hyper-growth environment where priorities evolve regularly and decisions are made quickly • Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and a desire to strive for better • Able to effectively work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Dental • Vision • 401K • paid time off • GymPass • Pet Insurance • Family Care Benefits • $700 to set up your home office!