Principal Engineer Software

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve cloud-native architecture for Finance and SCM platforms using API-first and event-driven patterns.
• Architect resilient, distributed transaction flows across microservices, commerce ERPs (Oracle Fusion, Netsuite, D365 etc), OMS, WMS, financial systems, and data platforms.
• Establish standards for event contracts, data consistency, reconciliation frameworks, and financial ledger integrity.
• Design for high availability, horizontal scalability, and peak traffic readiness (seasonal spikes, month-end close).
• Establishes error framework and enables self-service retry mechanism.
• Lead modernization initiatives (monolith decomposition, async processing, streaming, domain-driven design).
• Drive observability strategy — logging, tracing, metrics, SLOs — for critical financial and inventory systems.
• Own system-level non-functional requirements: latency, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and security.
• Drive the adoption of Agentic AI to re-imagine user experience and finance workflows (e.g., invoice processing, journal entry validation, reconciliation, supplier communication, collections).
• Influence cloud infrastructure strategy (Kubernetes, serverless, managed services).
• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Data, and Security leadership to translate regulatory and operational needs into architecture.
• Mentor senior engineers and shape engineering standards across domains.

Skills, Tools & Experience

• 12+; years of engineering experience building distributed, cloud-native systems.
• Strong expertise in microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and API design.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with streaming platforms (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Event Hubs) and async messaging patterns.
• Strong understanding of financial domain concepts (ledgering, revenue recognition, inventory costing, reconciliation) and experience with Cloud ERPs.
• Experience designing systems for high-transaction retail or eCommerce environments.
• Deep knowledge of data architecture, eventual consistency, and idempotent processing.
• Proficiency in modern backend stacks (Java, .NET, Go, or similar) and strong SQL/data modeling skills.
• Experience implementing observability and SRE principles (OpenTelemetry, monitoring, SLOs).
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional and executive stakeholders on platform strategy

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.