Job description
Company Overview
Fanatics is the ultimate one-stop sports fan destination that ignites and harnesses the passion of fans and maximizes the presence and reach for preeminent sports partners globally. Leveraging long-standing, often exclusive relationships with more than 900 sports properties, a database of more than 90 million consumers worldwide and a trusted brand name, Fanatics is furthering its innovation across the sports landscape by building the leading global digital sports platform, complete with offerings including e-commerce and licensed merchandise, physical and digital trading cards and collectibles, and online sports betting and iGaming.
The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Fanatics Collectibles, a transformative company that is building a new model for the hobby and giving collectors an end-to-end physical and digital collectibles experience; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform.
As a market leader with more than 10,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support. We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.
The base salary range for this role is $176,000 per year - $264,000 per year, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is eligible for the Fanatics Betting and Gaming annual bonus program and an equity award.
In addition to the base, bonus, and equity, full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, paid time off, and other benefits like GymPass, Pet Insurance, Family Care Benefits, Free Shipt deliveries, and more. We’ll also give you $500 to set up your home office!
For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.
Overview
As a STAFF DATABASE ENGINEER, IT INFRASTRUCTURE at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you are here to be part of the growing IT Infrastructure organization. We are seeking a Database Engineer to be part of the growing IT Infrastructure organization. This engineer will be responsible for the availability, performance, capacity, and maintenance of our data environment. Data is at the heart of our business and this role will enable our Compliance, Data Science, and Product Engineering teams to deliver and operate a world-class SportsBook and iCasino. The Engineer will be an expert technologist with experience in database administration, high availability, and AWS data infrastructure. This team member will design and implement database hosting standards for PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for designing our MongoDB and PostgreSQL data platforms to support the scaling of our Sportsbook and iCasino apps.
- Architect a multi-region fault-tolerant data replication strategy in AWS.
- Create database as code pipelines to manage schema changes.
- Write Terraform to create database clusters and their supporting AWS infrastructure using a GitOps methodology.
- Create partnerships with our Data Science, Compliance, and Product Engineering teams to enable their roadmaps and solve technical challenges.
- Maintain data integrity and quality through highly available cloud infrastructure and database backup and restore procedures.
- Manage data migrations between non-production environments.
- Continually improve the architecture of production systems and the multi-cloud database developer experience.
- Assist with data modeling and data structure design.
- Implement and manage the security of our databases and corresponding data.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of relevant technical experience.
- Experience working in a high-growth tech start-up.
- Experience selecting and maintaining the proper database implementation for customer needs.
- Experience with Terraform Cloud and managing database engines through Terraform code.
- Expert in performance tuning and optimization of PostgreSQL.
- Experience running transactional database systems at scale across multiple geographic regions.
- Experience with cloud-hosted NoSQL and relational database implementations.
- Familiar with database replication technologies.
- Ability to juggle multiple projects with a stellar track record of managing priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
- Experience with implementing business continuity and disaster recovery programs.
If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!
Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud. Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Feel free to ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of communication for interview, and ensure your communication is coming from a Fanatics or Fanatics Brand email address (this includes @betfanatics.com). For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers
Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.
Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.
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