Job Description: Software Engineer III - Middlewares

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer III - Middlewares to join our Data Platform Engineering team at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG). This role reports to our Director of Platform Engineering and is responsible for defining, implementing, training, and executing against our engineering strategy, creating processes, and building tools within Fanatics Betting and Gaming.

Responsibilities:

• Create self-service developer tooling that interfaces with FBG supported messaging and caching platforms with an emphasis on developer experience.
• Coach application developers on best practices with regards to messaging and caching as consumers in a distributed computing environment.
• Work on observability systems that enable holistic system monitoring and drive down incident response and resolution times.
• Create tooling that empowers developers to focus on value-added activities and product differentiation.
• Solicit and incorporate internal user feedback to ensure productivity tooling meets the needs of our developers.
• Evangelize internal products and tooling to drive adoption within the organization.
• Be part of an incident management team that ensures the high availability of the Fanatics Betting and Gaming platform.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, inside and outside of Engineering, and collaborate with leaders to gather and present testing metrics and activities.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise within the engineering team.
• Be a mentor and role model for Engineering.
• Help development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of the engineering strategy.
• Remain current on technology and trends in data engineering.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining internal messaging infrastructure and caching systems that are designed to handle traffic at scale.
• 3+ years of experience developing applications in a distributed systems environment (back end preferred).
• Experience with multiple messaging and caching platforms and technologies (Kafka, ActiveMQ, and Elasticache Redis preferred).
• Excellent communication, including influencing and problem-resolution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to partner closely with engineering teams and implement appropriate tools and practices