About Us
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.
About The Team
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.
As an Engineering Manager within Fanatics Betting & Gaming’s Sportsbook domain, you’ll lead a backend team responsible for processing high-volume market data, business rule application, and real-time distribution to downstream services. This is a high-visibility, high-throughput area of the platform where latency, correctness, and resilience matter deeply.
You’ll partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership across the US and UK to ensure market feeds from external providers are ingested, enriched with business rules, and reliably distributed at scale to power live customer experiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor teams to design, develop, test, document, and deploy backend services and APIs.
- Own the on-call rotation for your teams, troubleshooting and resolving production issues efficiently.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and other backend teams to ensure timely delivery of features and improvements.
- Champion code quality by conducting and participating in code reviews and ensuring best practices are followed.
- Drive architecture discussions, sprint planning, and process improvements to enhance team productivity and system reliability.
- Develop a deep understanding of the platform's systems, architecture, and evolving customer needs.
- Stay up to date with advancements in backend technologies and industry best practices, continuously improving engineering practices.
- Be open to occasional travel for team-building, collaboration, and industry events.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a leadership role.
- Strong experience with backend systems development, including experience with Java (Spring Framework preferred).
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful API design.
- Proven experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including data modeling, indexing, and caching strategies.
- Extensive experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact features.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset.
- Excellent communication skills, with experience leading and motivating teams to success.
- Ability to navigate and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth setting, balancing multiple priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience transitioning into senior engineering management from technical leadership roles.
- Passion for mentoring and developing team members to reach their full potential.
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices, cloud platforms, or DevOps workflows.
- Previous experience working in scaling or startup-like environments, ideally in a complex and high-demand industry.
Ready to build the future of sports betting? If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply! You NEED to be Living in the UK or Ireland to Apply. Unfortunately, we do not offer sponsorship for this role.
For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
