Staff Software Engineer

Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Tools and Frameworks team at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you will be at the forefront of developing technologies that define a premier development experience for our development engineers. This role places you at the heart of our engineering ecosystem, where you'll architect and refine the tools and frameworks that significantly boost the efficiency and effectiveness of our development processes

In this role, your focus will extend far beyond writing test automation scripts. You will design and build scalable tools, frameworks, and engineering solutions that improve testability, reliability, and developer productivity across the organization. Your work will directly influence how quality is engineered into our systems, accelerating delivery while maintaining high standards of reliability.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision for automation infrastructure and CI/CD quality standards across the organization, ensuring scalability, reliability, and engineering excellence.
• Lead and influence architectural decisions across teams to ensure automation, testability, and quality are embedded into system design from inception through production.
• Engage in collaborative efforts with the Product team and fellow engineers to architect scalable and reliable automation frameworks and tools for web, mobile, API, emphasizing engineering solutions.
• Create bespoke tools and solutions that empower FBG to tackle complex challenges autonomously, fostering a culture of self-sufficiency and innovation within the team
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships across the Engineering department, showcasing and leveraging metrics and engineering activities to drive decisions.
• Offer mentorship and advanced technical direction within the Engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Be open to occasional travel for participation in events and strategic meetings across various Fanatics Betting & Gaming locations, facilitating broader collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Leverage data and internal feedback to inform and guide strategic decisions that streamline our release cycles, ensuring rapid yet stable deployments across our platforms.
• Establish automation engineering standards, best practices, and quality gates adopted across multiple engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or software engineering in test roles, with demonstrated impact at scale.
• Strong software engineering experience in one or more languages such as Java, Python or Kotlin , with demonstrated experience building production-grade frameworks, tools, or services.
• Demonstrated expertise in architecting, supporting, and enhancing tools and  frameworks within continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) environments, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Experience testing and debugging applications in a Cloud environment (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)
• Comprehensive knowledge of test and dev  infrastructure, pipelines, and the ability to innovate within these domains.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams, driving the adoption of tools and practices that strike a balance between maintaining high quality and enhancing productivity.
• A results-driven approach, guided by data and comfortable tackling ambiguous or undefined challenges.
• Experience with or a keen interest in working on distributed systems and API design, particularly in the context of scaling automation within a CI/CD pipeline.
• Ability to work on projects ranging in scale from single-threaded applications to entire clusters, demonstrating versatility and depth in technical problem-solving.
• A strong desire to engage in cross-functional collaboration with design, product, engineering, and DevOps teams, contributing to a cohesive and integrated development process.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building internal developer platforms or engineering productivity tooling at scale.
• Experience with Kotlin, including building backend services, automation frameworks, or developer tooling using Kotlin.
• Familiarity with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) and shared code architectures across Android, iOS, and backend systems.
• Experience contributing to or supporting Kotlin-based mobile or platform ecosystems, including build tooling (Gradle), dependency management, and CI integration for Kotlin projects.
• Experience scaling automation in high-availability, distributed systems.
• Previous experience in the betting and gaming industry is advantageous but not required.

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

The expected salary range for this role is based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is eligible for the Fanatics Betting and Gaming annual bonus program and an equity award.

*Salary range is listed in USD; ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. *Salary Range: $180,500 - $205,200 (Salary range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual Offer is confirmed). In addition to the base, bonus, and equity, full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, paid time off, and other benefits like GymPass, Pet Insurance, Family Care Benefits, Free Ship deliveries, and more. We’ll also give you $700 to set up your home office! For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com