Software Engineer III

As a Software Engineer III at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you will help us design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, high quality, low latency systems that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. We are one team; we employ the principles of data-driven development, operational excellence, process calibration, and efficiency to deliver a stable, extensible platform ough fundamentals and excellence in object-oriented design, coding patterns, modern open-source frameworks, and 3rd party platform integrations, we can achieve our goals to rapidly deliver and innovate in this exciting new market.

You’ll bring strong technical skills, a collaborative spirit, and a passion for solving complex problems in a fast-paced, high-growth industry.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, testing, documentation, and deployment of frontend and backend services.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and assist in investigating and resolving production issues
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver features and improvements
• Take part in code reviews and team discussions to build high-quality, maintainable systems
• Participate in sprint planning, architectural reviews, and efforts to improve engineering processes
• Build familiarity with our systems, platform architecture, and customer use cases
• Stay current with latest technologies, tools, and engineering best practices
• Open to occasional travel to FBG offices or industry events for collaboration and team-building
• Develop, test, and deploy backend software features through high-quality, correct production code using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS.
• Help design and implement scalable, low-latency distributed systems that power engaging iCasino experiences across web and mobile.
• Work closely with internal and external teams to deliver stable, reliable systems aligned with our product roadmap and delivery schedules.
• Collaborate with frontend, mobile, and platform engineers to shape backend services that support seamless, cross-platform user experiences.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, sprint planning, and code reviews.
• Improve and champion engineering best practices related to quality, maintainability, and system performance.
• Contribute to discovery and design efforts for complex technical projects, translating business outcomes into scalable technical solutions.
• Partner with Product, Design, Dev Ops, and Security to build and deliver features in a highly regulated production environment.
• Participate in on-call rotations, assisting with incident response and ongoing support of production systems.
• Operate according to Agile methodologies, sharing progress and blockers in daily stand-ups and retrospectives.
• Stay curious and open to exploring opportunities across the stack, including frontend tools like React or shared logic via Kotlin Multiplatform.
• Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices or industry events for collaboration, planning, or team-building.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on frontend as well as backend development
• 3+ years of experience building full-stack applications using Java (Spring Framework) and React.
• Expertise in software engineering principles, architectural patterns, and system design
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies and working in cross-functional teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset
• Clear communicator, capable of explaining technical concepts to peers and non-engineers
• Ability to navigate shifting priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth setting.
• Solid understanding of RESTful service design, distributed systems, data modeling, caching concepts, and database technologies (SQL and/or No
  
  SQL).
• Strong technical skills in a CI/CD environment, with a working knowledge of software design principles related to performance, maintainability, and scalability.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Security, Dev Ops) and external partners to deliver high-quality features.

Preferred Qualifications

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