Staff Software Engineer

Overview

Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) is on a mission to create the best online sportsbook in the industry, and we’re looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer, Back End (Payments & Wallet) to help us get there.

As a Staff Software Engineer on our Payments & Wallet team, you will play a critical leadership role in designing, evolving, and scaling the backend systems that power the financial core of our sportsbook platform. You’ll own and influence critical services that enable deposits, withdrawals, wallet management, bet placement and settlement, casino transactions, and payment provider integrations—ensuring highly reliable, secure, and correct financial operations at scale.

In this role, you will drive architectural decisions, lead complex cross-team initiatives, and establish best practices for building financial systems in a highly regulated environment.

Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics Holdings Inc., a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to nearly 93% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S.

At FBG, we’re revolutionizing sports betting with cutting-edge technology, a customer-first mindset, and a world-class engineering team. You’ll have the opportunity to tackle complex, high-scale challenges in an exciting and rapidly growing industry—all while being part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of large-scale, mission-critical systems aligned with product roadmap and long-term strategy.
• Drive architectural decisions and evaluate new technologies and open-source solutions.
• Cultural and technical champion: Define and enforce engineering best practices across teams.
• Design and build highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and financially correct systems in a regulated environment.
• Continuously improve platform reliability, observability, and performance.
• Translate business outcomes into scalable technical solutions.
• Develop deep understanding of product, financial systems, and roadmap.
• Lead cross-team initiatives and partner with PM, Design, DevOps, Security, Risk, Fraud, and external providers.
• Drive resolution of complex production issues and implement long-term fixes.
• Mentor and coach engineers to raise the overall technical bar.

Qualifications

We value aptitude over experience but here are some key skills that will make you successful on this team:

• 7+ years of OO development experience building scalable, high-performance backend systems (Java preferred).
• Strong experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience designing systems requiring high reliability and data consistency.
• Experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with AWS or GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging systems.
• Ability to debug complex production issues in distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading large technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Working Across Regions

This role works closely with engineering teams across multiple regions. Success requires clear communication, effective collaboration, and comfort working with distributed teams.

Travel Expectations

This role includes occasional domestic travel and periodic travel for team offsites, planning sessions, or cross-team collaboration.

If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!

The expected salary range for this role is based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is eligible for the Fanatics Betting and Gaming annual bonus program and an equity award.

*Salary range is listed in USD; ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. *Salary Range: $180,500 to $237,500 (Salary range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual Offer is confirmed). 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 Ship deliveries, and more. We’ll also give you $700 to set up your home office! For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/