Staff Engineer: Kotlin Backend & Platform Lead

Fanatics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Client Services team. You will own design and delivery of high‑impact features, drive technical excellence, and mentor engineers across multiple teams.

The role emphasizes scalable backend systems, Kotlin/Java, and cross‑functional collaboration. You will participate in on‑call rotations, work with product and design, and help set engineering direction while maintaining high quality and reliability in a fast‑moving sports tech

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing scalable backend services.
• Proficient in Kotlin or Java with modern backend frameworks.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Coroutines, and DI.
• Strong Agile/SCRUM experience and cross‑functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of major features across client services.
• Define and scale coding standards, architecture, and testing practices.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Spring Boot

Coroutines

Dependency Injection

Agile/SCRUM

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Observability tools

Apache Pekko/Akka

Job description

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Client Services team. You will own design and delivery of high‑impact features, drive technical excellence, and mentor engineers across multiple teams.

The role emphasizes scalable backend systems, Kotlin/Java, and cross‑functional collaboration. You will participate in on‑call rotations, work with product and design, and help set engineering direction while maintaining high quality and reliability in a fast‑moving sports tech