Senior Backend Engineer - Kotlin / Java, Scale & Impact

Fanatics Betting & Gaming; New York (NY); Remote; USD 121,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a leader in digital sports entertainment, is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable services powering the Fanatics platform. You will own high-impact components, contribute to reliability, and collaborate across product and engineering teams.

We value 5+ years of backend experience, strong Java or Kotlin skills, and a disciplined approach to observability, architecture, and Agile delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend experience in scalable distributed systems
• Proficiency with Spring, Kotlin and/or Java
• Observability practices: logging, monitoring, tracing
• Agile software delivery with cross-team collaboration
• Excellent communication to diverse stakeholders
• Team-first mentality and adaptability
• Thrives in a high-growth environment

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, document, and deploy high quality software into production
• Build features and tools for the team and product
• Participate in on-call rotation to troubleshoot issues
• Review code to maintain quality and share knowledge
• Contribute to design discussions and architecture decisions
• Mentor junior engineers and interns
• Stay current with technology trends and industry practices
• Travel to Fanatics offices for conferences and events as needed

Skills

5+ years exp

Spring Kotlin/Java

Observability

Agile delivery

Communication

Team player

High growth

Job description

Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a leader in digital sports entertainment, is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable services powering the Fanatics platform. You will own high-impact components, contribute to reliability, and collaborate across product and engineering teams.

We value 5+ years of backend experience, strong Java or Kotlin skills, and a disciplined approach to observability, architecture, and Agile delivery.