Location: India, Hyderabad
Employment Type: Salaried
Team: Brands, Ops, B2B Tools Technology
Fanatics is a leading global digital sports platform, complete with offerings that excite fans and maximize the reach and presence for partners across the entire sports ecosystem. Come help us build a company the world has never seen before! We are first and foremost a technology company. We build innovative fan experiences through highly analytical, forward thinking, and open-minded collaboration. We are passionate about evaluating and finding the right tech for the jobs at hand, and we get excited about building solutions for modern challenges.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will join an engineering team and help mentor and guide the engineering team. In this role, we are looking for a dedicated individual with experience in leading others, service framework and application development with a full stack understanding. This individual is also expected to operate in agile, high pace and test-driven development.
Job Responsibilities
• Lead a team of Software Engineers, liaison to Manager
• Participation in the process of the Agile software development lifecycle while working with cross-functional team members - Development Leads, Architects, Quality Engineering and Product managers - in a highly collaborative development environment
•Hands-on contribution to the development of our Fanatics Brands applications, underlying Infrastructure and Tools.
•Deliver high quality, robust and scalable code
•Utilize newly developed best practices, software development techniques, and frameworks with other teams within the organization
•Assess and communicate risks based on complexity, resources and timeline constraints.
•Perform research, evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies.
Participate in architectural decisions and infrastructure deployment of our Cloud-based platform
Job Requirements
•Requires at least 8+ years of software development experience
•Requires knowledge of React JS and Node JS scripting languages
•Requires knowledge of build tools and source controls
•Requires experience with databases like MySQL on AWS
•Requires experience with database stored procedures, functions, triggers, and data import processes.
•Requires knowledge of open source application frameworks and RESTful services
•Requires knowledge of Microservices and container platforms like Docker
•Experience participating as part of an engineering team, including roles in a high-paced agile environment
•Proven experience working with Agile development methodologies
Ability to scale and participate in multiple, major projects and ensure they are delivered on time according to project schedules. Requires in-depth knowledge of software development lifecycles and their utilization in software projects
•Requires solid communication and interpersonal skills; with the ability to work constructively in a collaborative team environment
Prior experience in licensed product manufacturing applications a plus
Prior experience in wholesale/retail applications a plus
Hands-on experience in the Cloud; specifically, AWS a plus
Hands-on experience with Open-Source projects a plus
Things We Care About
· Your career growth, your ideas, your work-life balance, and your well-being.
· Diversity and Inclusion
· Our Company Culture and Values
· Providing outstanding Company Perks and Benefits
Company Overview
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform to ignite and harness the passions of fans and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds of partners globally. Optimizing these long-standing partnerships, a database of more than 80 million global consumers and a trusted, recognizable brand name, Fanatics is expanding beyond its position as a global leader for licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports platform, featuring an array of offerings for fans across the sports ecosystem.
The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Candy Digital, a digital collectibles company that is partnering with prominent sports properties, including MLB and MLBPA, to build an official NFT ecosystem; Fanatics Collectibles, through Topps as a cornerstone of the business, building a new model for the collectibles and trading cards hobby with top leagues and players association partners; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform. Fanatics’ partners include all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA) and hundreds of collegiate and professional teams, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs.
As a market leader with more than 9,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support. We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.
Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud. Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Fanatics recruiters will only reach out to applicants from an @fanatics.com or @fanatics.co.uk email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers
Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.
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