Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global sports fans and maximizes the presence and reach for hundreds of sports partners globally by offering innovative 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 over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores.

As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.

Overview

As a Staff Engineer at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you will be a technical leader who can grow and scale engineering teams. In this role, you will work as a back-end engineer with the OddsFactory team. Here you will be responsible for architecting, designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining the ecosystem which provides Fanatics Betting and Gaming with the capabilities to offer an industry leading sports betting product. We promote a supportive, collaborative atmosphere, empowering you to make an impact. We balance ambitious standards with efficiency, champion a strong customer focus, and believe in the power of open, honest communication.

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 makes technical and design approach trade-off decisions short term vs long-term
Contribute to team planning and design discussions, building more expertise around design approaches, driving best practices and improving the speed of delivery
Lead code reviews to provide constructive direction
Proactively simplifies code and resolves team architecture deficiencies
Impact software architecture, dependencies, performance, and business value
Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation
Advise technology leaders, our product team, and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products
Mentor and coach other engineers and actively work to reduce onboarding burden of future team members
Influence your team’s adherence to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of our engineering strategy
Develop a solid understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap
Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development
Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics Betting & Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities
Engage with customers, stakeholders, and team members to develop projects and features that meet both customer needs and team goals effectively.
Demonstrate mastery in .NET technologies, adhering to and advocating for industry-leading practices, patterns, and standards.
Share your knowledge and expertise acting as a mentor to other developers, fostering an environment of growth and continuous improvement.
Be willing to travel occasionally for special events and to Bet Fanatics offices for essential offsite meetings and team collaboration sessions.

Required Qualifications

5+ years real-world demonstrable experience building & deploying scalable, high-performance applications.
Deep understanding of coding practices (SRP, DRY, decoupling, TDD, BDD).
Development background working with cloud platforms (Azure a plus), C# and SQL/NoSQL persistence solutions.
A firm understanding of software design, development, and testing best practices.
Passion for software development and system architecture and sharing knowledge within a highly collaborative team

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to understand business outcomes and drive technical solutions to help achieve our goals.
Experience in partnering with cross-functional teams (PM, Design, DevOps, Security, Front-end engineers).
Passionate about working in a highly collaborative team environment

If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!