Fandango is seeking to lead complex technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and shape the long-term direction of all of their brands with the best processes and practices, focusing on enriching the fan experience by building systems that manage studio data, metadata, and community reviews, utilizing LLMs and AI.
Requirements
- Strong background in API-first development, integrations, and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Proficiency in Python, C, Java, Typescript or equivalents with a focus on scalable and maintainable backend development
- Expertise in scalable distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure.
- Expertise in metadata management, APIs, and content distribution.
- Experience with community or social platforms, especially review/rating systems.
- Knowledge of microservices and event-driven architectures at enterprise scale
Responsibilities
- Drive innovation across iconic brands: Lead development efforts for a diverse portfolio of product offerings spanning Fandango, Fandango at Home, and Rotten Tomatoes, delivering experiences that reach millions of users.
- Data & Metadata Leadership – Architect platforms for ingesting, normalizing, and distributing studio catalogs, ratings, and metadata at scale.
- Social & Reviews – Expand features that let fans rate, review, and share their opinions, strengthening the community aspect of entertainment.
- Enrich Experiences – Collaborate with product and design to deliver personalized discovery, recommendations, and curated content.
- Data Sharing Across Teams – Ensure studio data and metadata flows seamlessly between ticketing, streaming, and review platforms.
- Mentor & Inspire – Provide technical leadership and guide best practices for handling large-scale, content-rich systems.
- Create market-ready platforms: Build API- and AI-driven SaaS products designed to scale—serving both internal teams and external clients through powerful distribution channels.
Other
- 8+ years of engineering experience in data-rich or content-heavy platforms.
- Excellent collaboration skills, especially in cross-functional and cross-border contexts.
- Track record of building diverse, inclusive teams and fostering a strong engineering culture
- Experience partnering with cybersecurity, data governance, legal and compliance teams to ensure secure, and compliant product delivery
- Change management skills – going from monolith to micro-services, on-premise to cloud, manual to automated, VMs to containers, etc
