Staff Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Engineer

FanaticsCollect.com is on a mission to build the ultimate digital collectibles platform for sports and entertainment fans worldwide. As we embark on our next-generation backend rewrite, we're looking for a seasoned Staff Backend Engineer to join our cross-functional team. You'll work hand-in-hand with frontend and DevOps engineers to design, develop, and deploy scalable services that power new marketplace features, real-time experiences, and data-driven insights.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate closely
• Partner with frontend engineers to define and expose clean, performant APIs and data contracts.
• Work with DevOps / SRE to design robust CI / CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, and alerting.
• Architect & Build
• Lead the design and implementation of microservices, event-driven workflows, and data pipelines.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security for core backend systems.
• Drive Technical Excellence
• Establish best practices for code quality, testing, performance tuning, and documentation.
• Conduct architecture reviews, mentor peers, and promote continuous improvement.
• Own Key Projects
• Spearhead major initiativesfrom feature conception through production rolloutacross payments, inventory, search, and real-time notification services.
• Identify technical risks, propose solutions, and coordinate cross-team deliveries.
• Foster Learning & Innovation
• Stay current on emerging backend technologies, cloud services, and industry trends.
• Lead brown-bag sessions, hackathons, or tech talks to share knowledge across teams.

What We're Looking For

Ability to influence technical direction and drive consensus in a fast-paced environment.

The salary range for this position is $172,000 - $258,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.

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