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.
The Accounts team sits within the Fanatics Betting and Gaming - Shared Services domain and owns the customer account lifecycle, from registration, login, and identity verification to the geolocation, eligibility, and responsible gaming controls that decide whether a customer is allowed to play. Accuracy and customer trust are the team’s core tenets, because customers trust us with their money, their identity, and their personal data.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain the scalable, highly available, and compliant Java services behind the account lifecycle. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys owning features end to end, solving complex integration problems, and working closely with product, compliance, and operations partners. This is a US-based remote position.
Responsibilities- Design, build, and maintain Java backend services using Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
- Deliver features across registration, KYC, login and MFA, device registration, account management, tax reporting, Fanatics ID integration, and watchlist monitoring.
- Build and maintain services that enforce regulatory and responsible gaming requirements, including geolocation, state and self-exclusion, prohibited persons, loss limits, and eligibility.
- Build integrations with third-party identity, verification, geolocation, and compliance providers, designing for failure, retries, and data integrity.
- Write scalable, well-tested services with strong unit and integration test coverage.
- Contribute to architecture and design discussions for APIs, event-driven systems, and data flows.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and take part in the weekly on-call rotation, contributing to runbooks and post-mortems.
- Partner with Product, Technical Program Management, Compliance, Support, and client engineering to turn business and regulatory requirements into technical solutions, and take part in sprint planning and agile delivery.
- Mentor junior to mid-level engineering teammates through code reviews, design feedback, and pairing.
- Follow engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, observability, feature flagging, documentation) and improve reliability and maintainability by addressing technical debt.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with Java.
- Strong experience building and supporting production Java backend services with Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
- Experience developing REST APIs and integrating distributed systems and data flows.
- Experience with event-driven architectures such as Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
- Experience working in AWS or other cloud environments.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL data stores such as Postgres and MongoDB.
- Experience using AI tools or coding assistants to improve engineering productivity.
- Experience with identity and account systems (registration, authentication, MFA, OAuth2/OIDC), KYC, fraud, or payments is preferred.
- Experience with compliance-driven systems such as geolocation, responsible gaming, or regulatory data handling is preferred.
- Experience building highly available, regulated, or enterprise-scale applications is preferred.
- Experience with observability tooling (for example Datadog) and operating services on call is a plus.
- Strong troubleshooting, ownership, and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and with cross-functional partners.
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.
For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with Java
- Strong experience building and supporting production Java backend services with Spring Boot or similar frameworks
- Experience developing REST APIs and integrating distributed systems and data flows
- Experience with event-driven architectures such as Kafka or similar messaging platforms
- Experience working in AWS or other cloud environments
- Experience with relational and NoSQL data stores such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Experience using AI tools or coding assistants to improve engineering productivity
- Experience with identity and account systems, KYC, fraud, or payments
- Experience with compliance-driven systems such as geolocation, responsible gaming, or regulatory data handling
- Experience building highly available, regulated, or enterprise-scale applications
- Experience with observability tooling such as Datadog and operating services on call
- Strong troubleshooting, ownership, and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and with cross-functional partners
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The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fanatics and has not been reviewed or approved by Fanatics.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives like annual bonuses and overtime opportunities are common, supporting higher total compensation especially in corporate roles. Seasonal premiums and performance bonuses are also cited across roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options, mental-health services, and wellness programs are highlighted as core offerings. Additional supports like HSAs/FSAs and condition management further strengthen the health package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave, fertility benefits, adoption assistance, and gender-affirmation coverage are explicitly included. Childcare support and backup care resources are also referenced.
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What We Do
Transforming the licensed sports industry through an innovative vertical e-commerce model that allows Fanatics to quickly design, manufacture and distribute high-quality fan gear across retail channels, better serving the real-time expectations of leagues, teams, fans and retailers in today’s mobile-first, on-demand culture.
Why Work With Us
You don't have to love sports to work here (though we love sports fanatics as well!). Fanatics is an industry leading, multi-billion dollar, international, privately held company with a casual, lofty space in the heart of Downtown Boulder. We have the advantages of a startup, without the pitfalls.
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