Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed backend services for the exchange platform.
- Own services and features end-to-end, including specifications, implementation, instrumentation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
- Modernize the existing Java codebase and develop new services in Java and potentially Kotlin.
- Contribute to architecture for order processing, market data distribution, and trade lifecycle management.
- Build reliable reporting pipelines with data integrity and complete audit trails for trading activity.
- Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations and contribute to SLOs, alerting, monitoring, and incident response.
- Model and manage data for contracts, orders, positions, and settlements with a focus on correctness and regulatory auditability.
- Collaborate with DevOps and Platform teams to make services observable, scalable, and compliant with MNPI and insider-trading restrictions.
- Conduct code reviews and establish standards for code quality, security, maintainability, AI usage, and validation.
- Use AI coding tools to improve development velocity while maintaining security, correctness, and regulatory compliance.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building highly scalable, high-performance backend applications or distributed systems.
- Strong production experience with Java; Kotlin experience is a plus.
- Experience with event-driven architectures such as Kafka, Kinesis, or PubSub in financial or high-throughput environments.
- Strong understanding of data integrity, transaction management, and financial-grade data modeling in PostgreSQL or an equivalent relational database.
- Knowledge of software design principles, testing methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and safe deployment practices.
- Production reliability experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, on-call operations, and SLO definition.
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot to ship production code and improve workflows.
- Familiarity with CFTC compliance, MNPI handling, and audit-trail obligations.
- Experience in regulated exchanges, brokerage, futures or derivatives exchanges, market makers, hedge funds, or similar regulated financial infrastructure is strongly preferred.
- Preferred experience includes low-latency trading systems, order books, market data infrastructure, in-memory systems, Aeron, legacy Java modernization, or high-growth environments.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to engineering, compliance, and business stakeholders.
Benefits
- Fully remote work is available for candidates based in the United Kingdom.
- Remote employees may be eligible for a home office setup stipend.
- Full-time, non-seasonal hires may participate in in-person onboarding or cultural immersion sessions in New York City, with travel requirements confirmed by role and location.
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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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.