Staff Software Engineer - Real-Time Sports Backend

Fanatics Inc.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Betting & Gaming in Leeds seeks a Staff Software Engineer to build high-throughput backend systems that process market data and power live sportsbook experiences. You will lead through code, architecture, and technical decisions, collaborating with teams in the US and UK to ingest, enrich, and reliably deliver market feeds at scale.

The role emphasizes reliability, low latency, and scalability, with mentorship of engineers, on-call incident response, and driving best practices across

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience building highly scalable backend distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring framework.
• Experience with observability: logging, monitoring, tracing.
• Strong Agile software delivery capabilities.
• Excellent communication across diverse audiences.
• Mentorship and leadership within engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive development, testing, documentation, and deployment of reliable software into production.
• Shape team strategy and influence architectural direction.
• Lead end-to-end technical execution of complex features and systems.
• Align designs across the department and collaborate with product and design teams.
• Lead incident resolution and on-call duties when needed.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices and robust design patterns.

Job description

Fanatics Betting & Gaming in Leeds seeks a Staff Software Engineer to build high-throughput backend systems that process market data and power live sportsbook experiences. You will lead through code, architecture, and technical decisions, collaborating with teams in the US and UK to ingest, enrich, and reliably deliver market feeds at scale.

The role emphasizes reliability, low latency, and scalability, with mentorship of engineers, on-call incident response, and driving best practices across