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Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform that aims to enhance the fan experience for over 100 million sports enthusiasts worldwide. The company operates across several divisions including Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming. 

They offer fans the opportunity to buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle products, and headwear, collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets, as well as engage in sports betting. Fanatics partners with over 900 sports properties globally, including major leagues, teams, and athletes, and operates more than 2,000 retail locations. 

The company is committed to corporate responsibility with a focus on philanthropy, diversity and inclusion, brand protection, and sustainability. 

E-Commerce • Merchandising • Internet • Wholesale • Retail


10,000+ employees


Founded 2011

🎮 Gaming

🛒 Retail

🛍️ eCommerce

Senior Engineering Manager, Distributed Systems
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🗽 New York – Remote


⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor

Distributed Systems

Java

Kafka

Kotlin

Kubernetes

Postgres

React

Redis

Spring

Spring Boot

SpringBoot

SQL

Terraform

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📋 Description
•Lead, coach, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
•Partner with product and business stakeholders to align technical investments with company strategy, balancing long-term platform evolution with near-term priorities.
•Guide teams in building distributed, event-driven, and fault-tolerant systems leveraging Kafka, Redis/Redis PubSub, and Postgres.
•Provide architectural oversight and ensure best practices are applied when building services in Kotlin/Java with Spring Boot.
•Drive organizational excellence in deployment, scalability, and operations through Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
•Set and measure engineering goals (availability, performance, delivery cadence, quality) and hold teams accountable to outcomes.
•Champion diversity, inclusion, and growth, ensuring that engineers thrive in a supportive and challenging environment.
•Recruit, retain, and scale top engineering talent to meet the demands of growing systems and business needs.
•Advocate for engineering across the organization, influencing leadership on technology strategy and distributed systems investment.

🎯 Requirements
•10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years managing engineering teams (managing managers a plus).
•Proven success leading teams building and operating distributed systems at scale.
•Strong track record of building engineering organizations that deliver business-critical systems with reliability and speed.
•Familiarity with modern backend stacks, particularly Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Postgres, Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes.
•Experience creating clarity and alignment in complex technical and organizational contexts.
•Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence both technical and executive stakeholders.
•Passion for building teams and cultures that deliver impactful results.
•Experience leading multi-team programs or platform transformations.
•Background in scaling organizations through high-growth phases.
•Able to deal with ambiguity and strong self-motivation.