Staff Backend Engineer

Fanatics

. Lead technical design and delivery of complex, high-impact initiatives across Fanatics Live .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $171,760 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and delivering scalable architectures for live commerce and transactional experiences, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and system health. Proven ability to mentor engineers and communicate complex technical decisions effectively across teams.

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Software Engineering ExperienceScalable Web ArchitecturesTechnical LeadershipComplex Systems ArchitectureStrong Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Frontend DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentAPI DevelopmentDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentAsynchronous ProcessingCloud InfrastructurePerformance OptimizationSystem ReliabilityTechnical Standards Influence

Soft Skills

MentoringProblem-SolvingCommunication

Industry Keywords

E-CommerceLive StreamingConsumer MarketplacesReal-Time Digital ProductsEvent-Driven Architectures

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead technical design and delivery of complex, high-impact initiatives across Fanatics Live
Design and evolve scalable architectures for live commerce, discovery, community interaction, and transactional experiences
Solve complex engineering problems spanning multiple systems, services, and teams
Establish technical direction, reusable patterns, and engineering standards
Partner with Product and Design to translate customer and business opportunities into technical solutions
Contribute hands-on through architecture, prototyping, implementation, code review, debugging, and difficult engineering problem-solving
Identify and address scalability, reliability, security, performance, and operational risks
Balance delivery speed, customer experience, technical quality, operational complexity, and platform health
Improve observability, testing, deployment safety, performance, and resilience
Lead technical responses to significant production issues and implement platform improvements
Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical leadership
Build alignment across engineering teams and communicate technical decisions to technical and non-technical partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including building and operating production software at scale
Deep expertise in modern web and software engineering, with significant experience in frontend, backend, API, distributed systems, or full-stack development
Experience architecting and delivering complex systems involving multiple services, components, or engineering teams
Experience leading significant technical initiatives without formal people-management authority
Strong understanding of scalable web architectures, APIs, caching, asynchronous processing, cloud infrastructure, performance, and system reliability
Ability to navigate ambiguous problems and create a clear path forward
Strong architectural judgment and ability to balance near-term delivery with long-term technical health
Experience influencing engineering standards, architecture, or development practices beyond immediate projects
Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical decisions and tradeoffs
Track record of mentoring engineers
Nice to have: experience with high-scale consumer marketplaces, e-commerce, live streaming, social/community, payments, auctions, or real-time digital products
Nice to have: experience supporting high-profile live events or rapidly changing traffic patterns
Nice to have: experience with real-time communication technologies and event-driven architectures
Nice to have: experience optimizing consumer web applications for performance, reliability, and conversion

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary range excludes short-term and long-term incentive compensation
Benefits information provided via Fanatics benefits website