Senior Principal Engineer (kotlin, Java, Kafka)

Senior Principal Software Engineer

As a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you will help us design, develop, implement, test, and maintain scalable, high quality, low latency systems that help us deliver the best experience possible to our customers. We are one team; we employ the principles of data-driven development, operational excellence, process calibration, and efficiency to deliver a stable, extensible platform at scale. Through fundamentals and excellence in object-oriented design, coding patterns, modern open-source frameworks, and 3rd party platform integrations, we can achieve our goals to rapidly deliver and innovate in this exciting new market.

Responsibilities

• Work with complete ambiguity to identify overarching business problems and technology strategy across all domains and organization
• Lead strategically important projects involving multiple teams to deliver solutions that are exemplary in terms of robustness, stability, scalability, cost effectiveness
• Influence extends across the entire organization and collaborates across domains to drive key technology decisions through a cohesive strategy
• Quickly identify when to troubleshoot to find a path forward in difficult situations
• Be an exemplary technology leader for the organization as a whole and mentors across domains
• Remove bottlenecks and makes technical and design approach trade-off decisions: opportunity vs. architectural
• Lead design decisions around systems architecture and/or product solutions, driving best practices and improving the speed of delivery
• Make technology decision that drives core business value through excellence in the platform
• May lead code reviews to provide constructive direction
• Proactively simplifies code and resolves team architecture deficiencies
• Define and implement best practices in operational excellence and mitigation strategy organizationally
• Advise technology leaders, our product team, and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products
• Is an exemplary technology leader for the organization as a whole and mentors across domains
• May engage externally to represent the company through tech talks, white papers, or community projects
• Through discovery, externally seeks out and engages key technology opportunities with commercial partners and the wider technology community
• Develop expert level 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

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience building highly scalable and fault tolerant systems (Some of our tech stack: Kotlin, Java, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres)
• Mastery of a broad range of design approaches and ability to deconstruct an architecture to be developed by different teams
• Ability to triage and debug system-wide production issues
• Demonstrated experience mentoring other engineers
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical subjects to a variety of audiences
• Familiar with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM methodology
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• 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
• Ability to effectively work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a start-up environment
• 7+ years of experience designing robust, stable, scalable, cost effective platforms

If you possess some of these qualifications but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply! The expected salary range for this role is based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is eligible for the Fanatics Betting and Gaming annual bonus program and an equity award. Salary range is listed in USD; actual salary will vary based on location. Salary Range: $241,000 - $360,000 per year. In addition to base salary, bonus, and equity, full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, paid time off, and other benefits like GymPass, Pet Insurance, Family Care Benefits, and more. We'll also give you $700 to set up your home office!