Senior Engineer - Backend, FBG

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.

Overview

As a Senior Engineer in Fanatics Growth, you will lead technical initiatives that drive customer acquisition, engagement, and retention through scalable, high-performance backend systems. Your expertise will be instrumental in designing, developing, and optimizing robust services and data infrastructure that power growth experimentation, personalization, and real-time decisioning. You will collaborate closely with product teams, data engineers, and senior stakeholders, significantly impacting operational efficiency, customer engagement, and innovation at FBG.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable backend services and APIs that support high-traffic, customer-facing growth initiatives.
• Drive the integration and optimization of internal and third-party platforms (Salesforce, marketing automation tools, experimentation frameworks) to support growth workflows.
• Collaborate closely with product and data teams to define technical strategies for A/B testing, feature flagging, and experimentation infrastructure.
• Develop and enhance real-time event-driven workflows focused on user segmentation, personalization, and lifecycle messaging.
• Ensure best practices in data quality, security, compliance, and governance are consistently applied across all growth-oriented systems.
• Create and maintain comprehensive tooling and infrastructure to facilitate efficient testing, debugging, monitoring, and continuous improvement of backend services.
• Establish and lead comprehensive observability frameworks (logs, metrics, alerts) to maintain system reliability, performance, and actionable operational insights.
• Proactively participate and provide technical leadership in code reviews, strategic planning, and technical architecture discussions, aligning closely with business objectives.
• Design and build backend services that power dashboards and tools enabling growth and marketing teams to act on data-driven insights effectively.

Required Qualifications

• 6–10 years of professional experience in backend or platform engineering, specifically supporting high-scale, consumer-facing systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java, with experience in Kotlin a plus.
• Deep expertise with cloud technologies (AWS highly preferred).