Staff Software Engineer - Promotions Platform

<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 &amp; 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.&nbsp;</div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><h2 data-bind="i18n: 'job-details.organization-description-title'">About the Team</h2> <p><strong>Overview&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Every time a fan places a bet, earns a reward, or checks out on Fanatics — Fanatics Core made that possible. We build the shared foundations — identity, payments, loyalty, wallet, data, and platform — that power sports betting, ecommerce, collectibles, and beyond. We supercharge the business by providing products and capabilities so that teams can focus on what matters most: building delightful experiences for the fans.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll join the Promotions Platform team within FBG. Your duties will encompass the design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of software that enables customers to engage with FBG's promotional systems. Additionally, you will contribute to backend features that allow customers to earn rewards, which can be used throughout the entire Fanatics ecosystem. We are currently focused on developing the next generation of promotional tools.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead a team or teams that develops, tests, documents, and deploys high quality software into production, leading the delivery of solutions that are extensible and scalable</li> <li>Clarify requirements and assists with coding/story estimates</li> <li>Participate in the on-call rotation when needed to troubleshoot software issues</li> <li>Quickly identify when to troubleshoot or escalate when tasks or projects hit roadblocks, find a path forward in difficult situations</li> <li>Mitigate immediate risk, identify and resolve root causes&nbsp;</li> <li>Remove bottlenecks and make technical and design approach trade-off decisions short term vs long-term</li> <li>Contribute to team planning and design discussions, building more expertise around design approaches, driving best practices and improving the speed of delivery</li> <li>Lead code reviews to provide constructive direction</li> <li>Proactively simplifies code and resolves team architecture deficiencies</li> <li>Impact software architecture, dependencies, performance, and business value</li> <li>Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation</li> <li>Advise technology leaders, our product team, and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products</li> <li>Mentor and coach other engineers and actively work to reduce onboarding burden of future team members</li> <li>Influence your team's adherence to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of our engineering strategy</li> <li>Develop a solid understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap</li> <li>Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development</li> <li>Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics Betting &amp; Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience building highly scalable and fault tolerant systems</li> <li>You understand a broad range of design approaches</li> <li>You are able to triage and debug system-wide production issues</li> <li>Demonstrated experience mentoring other engineers</li> <li>Able to effectively communicate complex technical subjects to a variety of audiences (engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, non-technical functional leaders)</li> <li>Familiar with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM methodology</li> <li>Excellent analytical and problem solving skills</li> <li>You have an agile mindset; able to embrace new initiatives in a fast-paced environment</li> <li>Thrives in an entrepreneurial, hyper-growth environment where priorities evolve regularly and decisions are made quickly</li> <li>Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and a desire to strive for better</li> <li>Able to effectively work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience working in a start-up environment</li> <li>1+ years of experience leading a development team</li> <li>Experience with Java/Spring Boot</li> <li>Experience with React</li> <li>Experience with Apache Kafka</li> <li>Experience with AWS</li> <li>Experience with PostgreSQL</li> </ul> <p><em>If you possess some of these qualifications but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!</em></p> <p>Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process.</p> <p>For information about our benefits, please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://benefitsatfanatics.com/">https://benefitsatfanatics.com/</a></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>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. For information about our benefits, please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://benefitsatfanatics.com/">https://benefitsatfanatics.com/</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>€101.200</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>€126.500 EUR</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p></p> <p>By submitting your application, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ff494b9931735466ce28d5b/t/69de53bde2c02c25e9c38758/1776178110037/Candidate+Privacy+Policy+April+2026.pdf" target="_blank">Candidate Privacy Policy.</a></p> <p><em>Fanatics will never ask candidates for money, banking information, or other sensitive personal information as part of the interview process. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Fanatics recruiting, please do not respond and report it&nbsp;</em><a ----- <p></p></div>

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