Role overview
Company Overview
Fanatics is building the leading global digital sports platform to ignite and harness the passions of fans, and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds of partners globally. Leveraging 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 the global leader for licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports platform, featuring an array of offerings 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 Trading Cards, a transformative company that is building a new model for the hobby and giving collectors an end-to-end trading cards experience; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform. Additional ventures that will build out Fanatics’ footprint across the broader digital sports landscape will be rolled out soon. 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 8,000 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.
About the Team
Fanatics is first and foremost a technology company. We are powered by cutting-edge tech created by our small agile teams using the latest tools and technologies under our highly analytical, forward thinking, and open-minded leadership. As the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, we challenge ourselves by improving our new fully responsive NodeJS cloud commerce platform, Elasticsearch engine, and deep data science capabilities while building the best-in-class retail manufacturing and supply chain technologies. Our tech teams work together to revolutionize data science and engineering initiatives, provide highly scalable real-time and streaming platforms, and create secure e-commerce and in-stadium fan experience products. Our own e-commerce platform transacts in over 190 countries, 17 languages, and 14 currencies. Our motto is “#GSD”—get stuff done—and we do just that. If you want to be at the nexus of sports, commerce, and technology, come be a part of our industry-leading team here at Fanatics Tech.
Role Purpose
In this role, you will work within an agile, remote-first, self-organising team designing and developing software systems to support our global business. You will use solid engineering principles and methodologies to contribute to the whole software development lifecycle. You will provide ongoing development and support to the team's product area, collaborating with the product management and other software engineering teams across the world. You will work with the team to develop high-throughput, real-time, integrations with Fanatic’s partners to provide them with the most up-to-date, critical information that they need to increase our sales. You will also work on systems that are highly scalable, reliable and managing large volumes of data that allow gaining analytical insights.
General Responsibilities
· Own products and problems from initial inception through to delivery, monitoring and support. · Write code to develop new feature sets, solve problems, improve functionality of Fanatics systems and platforms. · Troubleshoot, debug, enhance and improve existing Fanatics products, systems and platforms. · Work with the team to lead the design of components and the overall systems, and document new and update existing designs and functionality for solutions. · Participate in agile practices, run ceremonies in the team with a shared work ethic to breakdown, prioritise and deliver work. · Assisting and enabling others to deliver their tickets and upskill and further develop team members through coaching and mentoring. · Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to understand business requirements. · Provide input and assistance to Quality Engineers; to ensure the delivery of well tested and high-quality solutions. · Share progress and results with stakeholders to gather feedback and foster collaboration. · Use guided and self-development to be constantly improving skills and knowledge. · Investigate new technologies and their application to solve business challenges. · Encourage innovation in the team through new ideas, technologies and ways of working. · Become a domain / tech expert and provide support to help others fill gaps in their knowledge. · Conduct code reviews to verify design and provide corrective action where necessary.
General Skills & Experience
· Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. · Able to quickly learn and work with new languages and technologies. · Ability to build strong, collaborative working relationships with peers, managers and both internal and external customers. · Open attitude to sharing ideas, knowledge and information to both technical and non-technical people. · Capable of working independently and as part of a team; to deliver solutions which solve business problems. · Object orientated development using C# and the .Net Core / Framework. · Techniques and principles such as TDD, BDD, Clean Code and SOLID, Design Patterns. · An understanding of how to write, test, deploy and monitor software. · Relational databases and ORM systems. · Git or a similar distributed version control system.
Familiarity with the following is a plus · Cloud technologies, AWS, GCP, Cassandra, Kubernetes, Docker, Golang, Terraform, CI/CD tools · Agile development processes. · Development on high-performing RESTful APIs. · Development on event driven systems using message buses.
Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.
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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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