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About the Role

Fanatics Betting and Gaming is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of a highly scalable, fault-tolerant online sportsbook platform. This role involves working on critical areas like market integration and risk management, providing technical mentorship, and guiding architectural decisions to ensure robust solutions. You will collaborate across teams to influence best practices and lead projects that enhance the sportsbook experience.

Responsibilities

Drive the development, testing, documentation, and deployment of high-quality, stable, scalable software into production.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the industry, product, and roadmap, leveraging this knowledge to shape team strategy and influence the direction of the organization.
Lead the end-to-end technical execution of complex features and systems, from ideation and architecture to deployment and refinement.
Align and streamline designs across your department, promoting clarity and simplicity in technical direction while upholding organizational goals.
Partner closely with product, design, and other stakeholders to make high-impact technical decisions that align with both business goals and long-term scalability.
Lead incident resolution as part of the on-call rotation, ensuring swift diagnosis and remediation of critical software issues.
Proactively identify and remove roadblocks, occasionally collaborating cross-team collaboration to maintain momentum on complex projects.
Conduct and elevate code reviews, sharing expertise to enhance code quality.
Steer team planning and design discussions, introducing innovative approaches to solve technical challenges and optimize design patterns.
Champion improvements to software quality, testability, operational metrics, and team documentation, setting a higher standard for the organization.
Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth across the team.
Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.

Requirements

7+ years of experience building highly scalable, performant and evolvable backend distributed systems.
Proficiency in Spring and Java is a must.
Demonstrated ability to drive best practices in backend development and mentor others in effective coding and architectural strategies, such as clean code, domain driven design and other design and architectural patterns.
Knowledge of observability practices, including logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems.
Expertise in Agile software delivery, with a track record of modeling and driving process improvements across teams.
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally across diverse teams within large enterprise environments, driving alignment and shared success.
Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, including engineers, executives, and non-technical stakeholders.
Adaptable mindset, comfortable with shifting priorities and new initiatives in a fast-paced, evolving organization.
Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and a desire to strive for better.

Skills

Spring
Java
Clean code
Domain driven design
Observability practices
Logging
Monitoring
Tracing
Agile software delivery
Kafka
Event-driven architectures
Cloud Native
Infrastructure as Code
Kubernetes
Helm
Terraform

Location

New York
Denver
Leeds
Dublin

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Staff
7+ years

Salary/Compensations

$144,400—$205,200 USD

Benefits

Full-time employment
Bonus
https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

About the Company

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform, igniting the passions of global sports fans and maximizing the presence and reach for its hundreds of sports partners globally.
The company operates across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming.
Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans.
It has 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.
Fanatics also operates over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores.
The company has over 22,000 employees committed to enhancing the fan experience globally.
Fanatics Betting and Gaming, launched in 2021, is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics.
The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S.
Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium.
Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.