Senior Principal Engineer, Kotlin, Java, Kafka

Job Description: • Work with complete ambiguity to identify overarching business problems and technology strategy across all domains and organization • Lead strategically important projects involving multiple teams to deliver solutions that are exemplary in terms of robustness, stability, scalability, cost effectiveness • Influence extends across the entire organization and collaborates across domains to drive key technology decisions through a cohesive strategy • Quickly identify when to troubleshoot to find a path forward in difficult situations • Be an exemplary technology leader for the organization as a whole and mentor across domains • Remove bottlenecks and make technical and design approach trade-off decisions: opportunity vs. architectural • Lead design decisions around systems architecture and/or product solutions, driving best practices and improving the speed of delivery • Make technology decisions that drive core business value through excellence in the platform • May lead code reviews to provide constructive direction • Proactively simplify code and resolve team architecture deficiencies • Define and implement best practices in operational excellence and mitigation strategy organizationally • Advise technology leaders, product team, and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve products • Engage externally to represent the company through tech talks, white papers, or community projects • Develop expert level understanding of industry, product, feature set, and roadmap • Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development • Open to occasional travel to Fanatics Betting & Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities Requirements: • 15+ years of experience building highly scalable and fault tolerant systems (Some of our tech stack: Kotlin, Java, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres) • Mastery of a broad range of design approaches and can deconstruct an architecture to be developed by different teams • Able to triage and debug system-wide production issues • Demonstrated experience mentoring other engineers • Able to effectively communicate complex technical subjects to a variety of audiences (engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, non-technical functional leaders) • Familiar with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM methodology • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills • Agile mindset; able to embrace new initiatives in a fast-paced environment • Thrives in an entrepreneurial, hyper-growth environment where priorities evolve regularly and decisions are made quickly • Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and a desire to strive for better • Able to effectively work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment. Benefits: • Medical • Dental • Vision • 401K • Paid time off • GymPass • Pet Insurance • Family Care Benefits • Home office setup allowance of $700 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job