Fanatics is looking to design, build, and operate scalable, high-quality backend systems that power customer-facing products and internal platforms
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building and operating highly scalable backend services
- Strong experience with Go (Golang) as a primary development language
- Experience designing APIs and distributed systems
- Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM software development practices
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, document, and deploy high-quality backend services into production
- Build scalable, performant APIs and services that support customer-facing applications
- Develop a deep understanding of our industry, products, feature set, and roadmap
- Lead the technical delivery of new features from functional requirements through implementation
- Contribute to architectural discussions and help define engineering standards, best practices, and guidelines
- Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot and resolve production issues
- Improve system reliability, observability, testability, and operational excellence metrics
Other
- Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving priorities
- Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices, conferences, and team events
- Strong collaboration skills and a team-first mindset
- Mentor junior engineers and help onboard new team members
