Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems, Fanatics Markets
Fanatics Betting & Gaming · New York, NY, United States
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 65 days Fanatics Betting & Gaming's roles stay open a median of 64 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 9% of Fanatics Betting & Gaming's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Fanatics Betting & Gaming
- high 60 stale, 6 reposted of 76 open
- Hiring momentum
- 123 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Fanatics Betting & Gaming's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Fanatics Betting & Gaming.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Distributed Systems team at Fanatics Markets, you will design and build scalable distributed systems that support real-money trading. Your role will involve hands-on coding in Java or Kotlin, optimizing event pipelines with Kafka, and ensuring low-latency data access. You will also mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions that align technical execution with business goals.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a primary focus on distributed systems and high-concurrency production environments
- Expert-level proficiency in Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot
- Deep hands-on experience with Kafka (or Redpanda/Pub Sub)
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve bottlenecks in asynchronous messaging systems
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS
- Strong instincts for production reliability
Nice to have
- Experience with real-time delivery systems
- Familiarity with financial platforms, real-time trading systems, or prediction markets
- Experience in a high-growth startup environment
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided is $152,000 — $200,000 USD
- No specific benefits listed in the posting
- Role involves both coding and architectural responsibilities, which may appeal to candidates looking for a mix of hands-on and strategic work
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Listed by Fanatics Betting & Gaming on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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