Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Sportsbook (FBG)

<div class="content-intro"><h2 class="job-details__description-header text-color-secondary font-family-secondary" data-bind="i18n: 'job-details.employer-description-title'">About Us</h2> <div class="job-details__description-content basic-formatter" data-bind="html: pageData().job.corporateDescription"> <div>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. </div> </div> <p> </p></div><h2 data-bind="i18n: 'job-details.organization-description-title'">About the Team</h2> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. 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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll play a key leadership role within the Sportsbook team at FBG, driving the design and development of a highly scalable, fault-tolerant online sportsbook platform. You'll work on critical areas such as sportsbook market integration, risk management, tooling and other backed systems that deliver seamless customer experiences. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In addition to hands-on technical contributions, you'll provide technical mentorship, guide architectural decisions, and analyze complex system challenges to ensure robust and efficient solutions. You'll collaborate across teams, influencing best practices and leading key projects that enhance the sportsbook experience within the broader Fanatics ecosystem.</span></p> <h3>Responsibilities</h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drive the development, testing, documentation, and deployment of high-quality, stable, scalable software into production</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop a comprehensive understanding of the industry, product, and roadmap, leveraging this knowledge to shape team strategy and influence the direction of the organization</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead the end-to-end technical execution of complex features and systems, from ideation and architecture to deployment and refinement</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Align and streamline designs across your department, promoting clarity and simplicity in technical direction while upholding organizational goals.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner closely with product, design, and other stakeholders to make high-impact technical decisions that align with both business goals and long-term scalability</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead incident resolution as part of the on-call rotation, ensuring swift diagnosis and remediation of critical software issues</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proactively identify and remove roadblocks, occasionally collaborating cross-team collaboration to maintain momentum on complex projects</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Conduct and elevate code reviews, sharing expertise to enhance code quality</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Steer team planning and design discussions, introducing innovative approaches to solve technical challenges and optimize design patterns</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Champion improvements to software quality, testability, operational metrics, and team documentation, setting a higher standard for the organization</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth across the team</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities</span></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7+ years of experience building highly scalable, performant and evolvable backend distributed systems; proficiency in Spring and Java is a must.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of observability practices, including logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Expertise in Agile software delivery, with a track record of modeling and driving process improvements across teams, and ability to collaborate cross-functionally across diverse teams within large enterprise environments, driving alignment and shared success.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, including engineers, executives, and non-tech