Staff Software Engineer (Streaming Services)

Fanatics Betting & Gaming; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Live & Collect is building the future of live commerce for sports fans and collectors, bringing together content, community, and commerce in highly interactive digital experiences.

We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to shape the technical strategy and architecture behind Fanatics Live’s streaming experiences. You will influence frontend and backend systems, drive standards, and mentor engineers to scale the platform effectively.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience at Staff level or equivalent.
• Strong frontend expertise with React and modern web technologies.
• Experience with GraphQL, APIs and backend services.
• Experience shaping engineering standards and team culture.
• Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives.
• Experience with streaming products or live commerce is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical strategy for the consumer streaming product and services.
• Define end-to-end architecture across frontend, APIs and backend.
• Guide development of scalable experiences combining live video, real-time interaction, and commerce.
• Lead major technical decisions on performance, reliability and scale.
• Create a roadmap balancing delivery speed with platform health.
• Define how teams design, build, review, test and operate software at scale.
• Establish reusable patterns and technical standards.
• Partner with engineering leaders, product, design and data to turn ideas into scalable solutions.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar.
• Lead the technical response to production challenges and improvements.

Skills

Frontend development

React

JavaScript/TypeScript

GraphQL

Full-stack

Distributed systems

Leadership

Architectural design

Mentoring engineers

Engineering standards

Job description

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. 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.

About the Team

Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Backed by world-class investors, operators, and sports & entertainment partners, we are building the global leader in next-generation collectibles. As part of the broader Fanatics ecosystem, we leverage a digital sports platform that spans over 900 sports properties and engages more than 81 million fans. Together, we are reimagining every part of the collectibles experience for fans, partners, and creators.

Role Summary

Fanatics Live & Collect is building the future of live commerce for sports fans and collectors, bringing together content, community, and commerce in highly interactive digital experiences.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to shape the technical strategy and architecture behind Fanatics Live’s streaming experiences.

This role requires strong end-to-end engineering knowledge, with particular depth in frontend development. You’ll define how we build high-performance customer experiences using React and GraphQL , while influencing the backend services, APIs and event-driven systems that power them.

As one of the senior technical leaders within a new and growing team, your focus will extend beyond coding. You’ll set architectural direction, solve complex cross-team challenges and establish the engineering standards, practices and culture needed to scale successfully.

You’ll remain technically close to delivery—using prototypes, design reviews and targeted implementation to validate decisions and unblock teams—while creating leverage across the wider engineering organisation.

What You’ll Do

• Set the technical strategy for our consumer streaming product and supporting services.
• Define the end-to-end architecture across frontend applications, APIs, backend services and event-driven systems.
• Guide the development of scalable experiences combining live video, real-time interaction, discovery and commerce.
• Lead major technical decisions across performance, reliability, resilience and platform scalability.
• Create a clear technical roadmap that balances immediate product delivery with long-term platform health.
• Define how engineering teams design, build, review, test and operate software as the organisation scales.
• Establish reusable patterns and technical standards that improve quality and accelerate delivery across teams.
• Partner with engineering leaders, Product, Design and Data to turn ambitious product ideas into scalable solutions.
• Remain close to delivery through architecture reviews, prototyping, code reviews and targeted contributions to critical areas.
• Mentor engineers, build alignment across teams and raise the overall technical bar.
• Lead the technical response to significant production challenges and turn learnings into lasting platform improvements.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience operating at Staff or equivalent level.
• Strong full-stack engineering knowledge, with deep expertise in modern frontend development.
• Significant experience with React , JavaScript/TypeScript and complex consumer web applications.
• Strong experience with GraphQL , APIs, backend services and frontend-to-backend integration.
• Experience setting technical direction for streaming products or streaming services.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, event-driven architecture and end-to-end system design.
• Experience designing high-scale, real-time products with demanding performance and reliability requirements.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams and systems.
• Experience shaping engineering standards, technical practices and team culture.
• Strong architectural judgment and the ability to influence without relying on formal authority.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and making teams more effective.
• Strong product judgment and the ability to balance delivery speed, customer experience and long-term technical health.

Nice to Have

• Experience across live commerce, marketplaces, auctions, social/community products or e-commerce.
• Experience supporting high-profile live events and rapidly changing traffic patterns.
• Knowledge of real-time communication technologies, payments or transactional systems.

Fanatics Live brings together creators, fans, interactive live experiences, commerce, and community, making experience with real-time and high-scale consumer platforms particularly relevant to the role.

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Subject to applicable laws, Fanatics Collectibles may choose to run a background check.