Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Sportsbook (FBG)
$144,400–$205,200 year
On-siteNew York, United States
Job Summary
Drive the design, development, and deployment of a highly scalable, fault-tolerant online sportsbook platform, leading end-to-end execution from architecture to production. Lead incident resolution during on-call rotations to ensure swift diagnosis and remediation of critical software issues. Mentor engineers across all levels, conduct elevated code reviews, and guide architectural decisions to optimize design patterns and improve operational metrics. Shape team strategy by aligning technical direction with product goals and collaborating closely with stakeholders to deliver seamless customer experiences.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience building highly scalable, performant and evolvable backend distributed systems
- proficiency in Spring and Java
- 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, and 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
- Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities
Desired Qualifications
- Strong Experience in the sports industry, gaming and content delivery
- Highly effective with Java, Spring boot, React
- Expertise in messaging technologies such as Kafka with a solid understanding of event-driven architectures
- Comfortable working with Cloud Native and Infrastructure as Code, like Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform
- Ability to work in diverse codebases, both legacy and greenfield, in different languages and environments
- Background in startups or high-growth environments
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