Responsibilities
- Lead teams developing, testing, documenting, and deploying scalable production software.
- Design and implement backend features supporting promotions, rewards, and the broader Fanatics ecosystem.
- Make short- and long-term technical and architectural trade-off decisions and resolve architecture deficiencies.
- Triage production issues, mitigate immediate risk, identify root causes, and participate in on-call support when needed.
- Lead code reviews, improve testability and operational excellence, and maintain team documentation.
- Advise technology leaders, product teams, and internal stakeholders on technology decisions.
- Mentor and coach engineers and help improve onboarding.
- Contribute to planning, requirements clarification, design discussions, estimates, and engineering best practices.
- Remain open to occasional travel for offices, conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building highly scalable and fault-tolerant systems.
- Broad understanding of software design approaches and ability to triage and debug system-wide production issues.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers.
- Ability to communicate complex technical subjects to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with Agile software delivery and Scrum methodology.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and adaptability skills.
- Preferred: experience leading a development team for at least 1 year.
- Preferred: experience with Java/Spring Boot, React, Apache Kafka, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
- Preferred: startup experience.
Benefits
- Salary range of €101,200–€126,500 EUR.
- Full-time employment includes company benefits described through Fanatics’ benefits portal.
- Occasional travel may be required, and in-person interview or onboarding components may apply depending on role and location.
- Full-time, non-seasonal hires may participate in a multi-day cultural immersion program in New York City, subject to role and location.
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H1B sponsorship
Sponsorship for this role is unconfirmed.
Fanatics’s past filings provide context. They do not guarantee sponsorship for a current opening.
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Job fields receiving H1B certifications
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Source: US Department of Labor
About Fanatics
Fanatics is committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience. As a leading global sports platform, Fanatics allows fans to buy, bet, and collect while engaging with sports in deeper, more immersive ways. Fanatics is redefining how fans connect with their favorite teams and players. Through its businesses—Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, Fanatics Betting & Gaming, Fanatics Events, Fanatics Markets, and Fanatics Studios—the company has built a powerful, integrated ecosystem. By bringing together licensed fan gear, physical and digital trading cards, live events, and more, Fanatics delivers personalized experiences to over 100 million fans worldwide. Fanatics currently holds partnerships with over 900 sports properties, including professional and college teams, leagues, players’ associations, and retail partners. Fanatics also partners with over 5,000 athletes and celebrities, including 250 exclusive partnerships, and has over 2,000 retail locations. Beyond these partnerships, Fanatics has its own powerhouse team of more than 22,000 global employees.