Senior Software Engineer (SDE III)

Overview

As part of the CICD/DevEx squad within Fanatics Betting & Gaming’s Platform Engineering organization, you will help build and evolve the internal platforms, services, and tools that power our entire software delivery ecosystem. This role blends full-stack software engineering and platform expertise, enabling you to design intuitive internal web applications (such as developer portals and service dashboards), build reliable backend services that integrate with our CI/CD and Kubernetes environments, and drive automation that accelerates the velocity of our engineering teams.

You’ll collaborate with developers across the company to improve their day-to-day experience—from code to production—by delivering modern, secure, and scalable platform capabilities. Your work will directly shape the developer experience and reliability of our systems as we continue to scale Fanatics Betting & Gaming’s real-time, high-performance platform.

Responsibilities

• Design and build internal web applications, APIs, and service integrations that streamline developer workflows (e.g. internal developer portals, release dashboards, deployment tooling, local dev environments).
• Collaborate with other platform, and product teams to improve the discoverability and usability of platform capabilities.
• Maintain and evolve backend services that power CI/CD automation and developer tools.
• Architect, build, and operate scalable CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes), and cloud native infrastructure systems and tooling (AWS, Terraform).
• Enhance platform reliability, observability, and security through automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with engineering teams to ensure a consistent, efficient developer experience from commit to deployment.
• Promote DevOps culture and platform mindset across engineering teams.
• Contribute to documentation, process improvements, and internal knowledge sharing
• Participate in on-call rotations to maintain platform stability.
• Occasionally travel for offsites or cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software or platform engineering with strong full-stack application development skills (React, TypeScript, Java, Python, or similar).
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Github Actions, FluxCD, ArgoCD), Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
• Deep understanding of cloud-native environments (AWS preferred).
• Experience developing secure and maintainable internal web applications and APIs.
• Experience working in large distributed systems (microservices)
• Familiarity with developer experience platforms (e.g., Backstage, service catalogs, internal portals) is a plus.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity or code quality.
• Highly outcome-oriented and data driven
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills with a collaborative mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sports betting or gaming industries, or genuine interest in sports.
• Proficiency with Python and Java. Familiarity with Kotlin, Go, OPA are a bonus.
• Previous experience in high-growth startup environments.
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical communities.
• Background in developer productivity or internal platform initiatives.
• Experience leading initiatives across teams or influencing technical direction without formal authority.

Our Platform Engineering Culture

We approach platform engineering with a product mindset — our users are developers, and our success is measured by how effectively we empower them to build, ship, and operate software with confidence. We believe a great internal platform should feel like a well-crafted product: intuitive, reliable, and continuously improving based on user feedback.

Engineers on our team think like product builders. We identify pain points in the development lifecycle, design thoughtful solutions, and measure their impact through adoption, developer satisfaction, and delivery velocity. We value curiosity, iteration, and cross-team collaboration to evolve the developer experience at Fanatics Betting & Gaming.

We also view AI tooling as a foundational part of improving the developer experience. By integrating AI into our workflows, we accelerate feedback loops, reduce friction in delivery, and empower engineers to focus on solving meaningful problems rather than repetitive tasks. From generating code and automating documentation to enhancing observability and analyzing performance data, AI helps us build smarter, more efficient platform capabilities. We expect our engineers to actively explore and apply AI tools — not just for individual productivity, but to elevate the entire developer ecosystem at Fanatics Betting & Gaming.

At our core, we’re a team that balances innovation with pragmatism, automation with craftsmanship, and speed with reliability — building a platform that developers love to use every day.

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.

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.