Senior Backend Engineer - Foundations

United States Remote February 22, 2026 $152,000 - $200,000/yr Greenhouse

As a Backend Engineer at Fanatics, you'll design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, high-quality systems to deliver exceptional customer experiences. We own the Fanatics App, the brand-forward application of Fanatics that encompasses elements of all of our different brands and businesses.

Requirements

  • Develop, test, document, and deploy high quality software into production
  • Build features and tools that you and your team use
  • Participate in the on-call rotation when needed to troubleshoot software issues
  • Escalate when tasks or projects hit roadblocks
  • Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge
  • Contribute to team planning and design discussions, building more expertise around design approaches
  • Impact software quality and customer experience of product features
  • Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation
  • Help your team define and adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of our engineering strategy
  • Develop a fundamental understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap
  • Work closely with our product team and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products
  • Help to onboard and mentor junior engineers and interns
  • Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development
  • Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401k Matching
  • Retirement Plan
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Home office setup stipend

Originally posted on Himalayas

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