Senior Principal Software Engineer (REMOTE)
Fanatics - New York, NY
Hiring: Senior Principal Software Engineer (REMOTE) Company: Fanatics Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 16:54:14 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Kotlin, Risk Management, Systems Design About the job Experience: •15+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in backend and distributed systems. Required Skills: •Set the technical direction for driving the design and development of a highly scalable, fault-tolerant online Betting and Gaming platform. You'll work on critical areas such as sportsbook market integration, risk management, tooling and other backed systems that deliver seamless customer experiences.. •Lead architecture for critical, cross-cutting systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and built for long-term reuse. •Partner with Engineering, Product, and Platform leaders to shape priorities, sequencing, and technical trade-offs across multiple teams and domains. •Strategically drive design and execution of the organization’s most complex technical initiatives, especially those spanning teams, systems, and regulatory constraints. •Establish and elevate engineering standards, design principles, and review practices that improve quality, maintainability, and operational readiness. •Identify and resolve systemic technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and architectural contention, guiding teams toward pragmatic, durable solutions. •Mentor senior engineers and influence technical decision-making across the organization, serving as a trusted technical leader to executives and cross-functional stakeholders. Qualifications: •Proven ability to set technical direction and influence architecture across multiple teams or domains. •Outstanding system design and architectural judgment, especially in complex, high-scale environments. •Deep experience building secure, reliable, and performant production systems. •Track record of leading large, cross-cutting technical initiatives from design through adoption. •Strong engineering judgment across scalability, operability, maintainability, and technical trade-offs. •Excellent communicator with the ability to influence at both the technical and executive level •Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics Betting & Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities •If you possess some of these qualifications but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply! •For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/ Compensation: •$230,000 - $330,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!