[Hiring] Staff Java Software Engineer @Fanatics Betting & Gaming

Role Description

Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) is building the industry's most trusted, scalable, and fan-centric sportsbook experience. Our Internal Platforms power critical systems that support customer operations, marketing, support, risk, and data—through a combination of Java backend services, APIs, event-driven systems, and integrations with the SaaS and CRM platforms our business teams run on.

We are seeking a Staff Java Software Engineer to set technical direction for the services and integrations that Internal Platforms runs on. This is a senior individual contributor role for an engineer who operates with minimal guidance, takes on our most complex and often cross-functional problems, and raises the bar for everyone around them.

At this level, your impact is measured beyond the code you write. You will own architecture for significant parts of the platform, drive decisions that span multiple teams and systems, mentor other engineers, and partner directly with Product, Operations, Support, Marketing, Risk, and Data leadership to shape what gets built and why. You will still be hands-on—Staff engineers at FBG write and review code every week—but you will spend meaningful time on design, technical strategy, and multiplying the output of the teams you work with.

You do not need to be a Salesforce specialist. Some of our systems integrate with Salesforce for CRM and workflow automation, so exposure to it is a nice to have—but we're hiring for strength in Java, distributed systems, and integration design, and we expect you to pick up the platform specifics on the job.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in Java.
• Demonstrated ownership of the architecture and delivery of complex production systems, including work that spanned multiple teams or functions.
• Strong experience designing APIs and integrating distributed systems, with sound judgment about consistency, failure handling, and service boundaries.
• Track record of operating with minimal guidance: taking an ambiguous problem, defining the approach, and driving it to production.
• Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards on a team—through design review, code review, and direct coaching.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and trade-offs clearly in writing and in person, to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Experience with Git-based workflows, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience operating services in production, including on-call ownership and incident response.

Requirements

• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar) at meaningful scale.
• Experience in cloud environments (AWS preferred), including infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience with highly available or regulated systems (gaming, fintech, payments).
• Experience contributing to internal web UIs or tooling, including Java-backed web frameworks and/or modern front-end frameworks consuming Java APIs (React, Angular, etc.).
• Experience working with AI model or agent platforms, including building on or integrating agents into production workflows.
• Fluency with AI-powered coding assistants to design, build, and test new functionality from the ground up.

Benefits

• Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming.
• The 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 and bonus, full-time employment, and more.

Company Description

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.

• 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.
• Over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores.
• More than 22,000 employees committed to enhancing the fan experience.