Senior Principal Software Engineer (REMOTE)

Fanatics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Betting and Gaming is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to own the technical strategy and architecture for a highly scalable online platform. You will lead critical areas such as sportsbook market integration, risk management, tooling, and backend systems to deliver seamless customer experiences.

The role requires 15+ years of experience in backend and distributed systems, and the ability to set technical direction across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with backend and distributed systems expertise.
• Proven ability to set technical direction and influence architecture across multiple teams.
• Strong design judgment for high-scale, secure, reliable production systems.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for a scalable, fault-tolerant online Betting and Gaming platform.
• Lead architecture for cross-cutting systems, ensuring scalability, resilience, security, and reuse.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Platform leaders to shape priorities and trade-offs across teams.
• Drive design and execution of the organization’s most complex technical initiatives across teams and domains.
• Establish and elevate engineering standards, design principles, and review practices for quality and operability.
• Identify and resolve systemic technical risks, bottlenecks, and architectural contention with durable solutions.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence technical decisions across the organization at executive level.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

System design

Security and reliability

Executive communication

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

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

Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.

We’re hiring a Senior Principal Software Engineer to own the technical strategy and architecture for the Fanatics Betting and Gaming engineering team, driving the design and development of a highly scalable, fault-tolerant online platform. You'll work on critical areas such as Betting and Gaming market integration, risk management, tooling and other mobile/backed systems that deliver seamless customer experiences.. This leader will drive complex cross-team initiatives, establish scalable technical patterns, improve reliability and operational excellence, and partner across Engineering, Product, and Security to ensure our most critical services are reusable, compliant, high-performing, and built to support rapid innovation.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for driving the design and development of a highly scalable, fault-tolerant online Betting and Gaming platform. You'll work on critical areas such as sportsbook market integration, risk management, tooling and other backed systems that deliver seamless customer experiences..
• Lead architecture for critical, cross-cutting systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and built for long-term reuse.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Platform leaders to shape priorities, sequencing, and technical trade-offs across multiple teams and domains.
• Drive the design and execution of the organization’s most complex technical initiatives, especially those spanning teams, systems, and regulatory constraints.
• Establish and elevate engineering standards, design principles, and review practices that improve quality, maintainability, and operational readiness.
• Identify and resolve systemic technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and architectural contention, guiding teams toward pragmatic, durable solutions.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence technical decision-making across the organization, serving as a trusted technical leader to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in backend and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to set technical direction and influence architecture across multiple teams or domains.
• Outstanding system design and architectural judgment, especially in complex, high-scale environments.
• Deep experience building secure, reliable, and performant production systems.
• Track record of leading large, cross-cutting technical initiatives from design through adoption.
• Strong engineering judgment across scalability, operability, maintainability, and technical trade-offs.
• Experience building platforms, services, or frameworks that create leverage across an engineering organization.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to influence at both the technical and executive level
• Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics Betting & Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one or more core platform domains such as identity and account systems, payments and transactions, loyalty and promotions, platform engineering, or developer productivity.
• Experience with mobile cross-platform technologies eg Kotlin Multiplatform
• Experience thriving in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments.

Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connections and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process.

For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The 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 and bonus, full-time employment, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/