Staff Software Engineer - Promotions Platform
The Staff Software Engineer will lead the design and development of scalable promotional systems and reward features for Fanatics Betting & Gaming. The role involves mentoring engineers, driving architectural decisions, and working with technologies like Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS.
- Compensation
- €101.2K–€126.5K / yr
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; London, England, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of experience building highly scalable and fault tolerant systems
- Understand a broad range of design approaches
- Ability to triage and debug system-wide production issues
- Demonstrated experience mentoring other engineers
- Effective communication of complex technical subjects
- Familiarity with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM
- Analytical and problem solving skills
Nice to have
- Experience working in a start-up environment
- 1+ years of experience leading a development team
- Experience with Java/Spring Boot
- Experience with React
- Experience with Apache Kafka
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with PostgreSQL
Full description
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
Overview
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.
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.
Responsibilities
- 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
- Clarify requirements and assists with coding/story estimates
- Participate in the on-call rotation when needed to troubleshoot software issues
- Quickly identify when to troubleshoot or escalate when tasks or projects hit roadblocks, find a path forward in difficult situations
- Mitigate immediate risk, identify and resolve root causes
- Remove bottlenecks and make technical and design approach trade-off decisions short term vs long-term