Senior Software Engineer – Client Service

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

Lead the design and development of consumer-facing backend services powering mobile Sportsbook and Casino experiences
Architect and own backend-for-frontend (BFF) services that aggregate, transform, and optimize data for mobile clients
Drive API design and service contracts in partnership with mobile engineers and product managers
Translate complex product requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions
Lead implementation of major backend initiatives from design through production readiness, including testing, observability, and operational planning
Make and guide architectural decisions around data flow, service boundaries, resiliency, and performance optimization
Improve system reliability, scalability, and latency for real-time betting and gameplay systems
Participate in and help evolve the team’s on-call practices; lead root cause analysis and long-term reliability improvements
Establish and promote best practices for observability, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting
Provide technical mentorship to other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and knowledge sharing
Contribute to technical roadmaps, quarterly planning, and cross-team architecture discussions
Continuously deepen understanding of the business domain, including sports event hierarchies, betting workflows, and data quality considerations
Foster a high-performing, inclusive engineering culture
Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices or industry events for collaboration and team-building

7+ years of professional software development experience, primarily focused on backend or service-oriented systems
Strong programming expertise with significant hands-on experience in Kotlin or Java
Proven experience designing, building, and operating scalable backend services and RESTful APIs (ideally using Spring Boot, Spring Web, or similar frameworks)
Deep understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems patterns, and API design principles
Experience leading technical design discussions and making architectural tradeoffs
Strong experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), data modeling, caching strategies, and performance tuning
Demonstrated ownership of services from design through long-term production support
Experience improving system reliability, scalability, and operational maturity in production environments
Strong familiarity with monitoring, alerting, CI/CD pipelines, and incident response processes
Ability to drive complex technical initiatives with minimal oversight
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to reason through ambiguous, high-impact challenges
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a remote-first environment.