Staff Platform Engineer

Overview 

As Staff Engineer - Middleware at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you are here to help build out our Data Platform Engineering team. This role reports to our Senior Manager of Platform Storage and is responsible for defining, implementing, training, and executing against our engineering strategy, creating processes, and building tools within Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The Staff Engineer - Middleware will have a broad scope of engagement with cloud technologies, site reliability practices, and self-service infrastructure tooling.

 

Responsibilities

• Design and develop self-service tools for messaging and caching platforms, prioritizing developer experience.
• Mentor application developers on best practices for using messaging and caching in a distributed environment.
• Contribute to observability systems to enhance monitoring and reduce incident resolution times.
• Contribute to observability systems to enhance monitoring and reduce incident resolution times.
• Gather and incorporate feedback from internal users to improve tooling.
• Promote the adoption of internal products and tooling across the organization.
• Participate in incident management to ensure the high availability of the Fanatics Betting and Gaming platform.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, inside and outside of Engineering, and collaborate with leaders to gather and present testing metrics and activities.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise within the engineering team.  Be a mentor and role model for Engineering. 
• Help development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of the engineering strategy.
• Stay up-to-date on data engineering trends and technologies.
• Must be open to occasional travel to events and Bet Fanatics offices for various offsite and team meetings.

Required Qualifications 

• 7+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable messaging and caching systems.
• 5+ years of experience in backend development within a distributed systems environment.
• Proficiency with messaging and caching technologies (Kafka, ActiveMQ, Elasticache Redis preferred).
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate with engineering teams and implement best practices.
• Positive attitude, flexibility, and a willingness to embrace new challenges.
• Strong initiative and a desire to learn and solve problems proactively.
• Highly outcome-oriented and data-driven.
• In-depth root cause analysis of low-level incidents spanning multiple connected systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Infrastructure As Code systems (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with observability tooling, chaos testing, and incident management.
• Ability to integrate 3rd-party systems into a cohesive development platform.
• Proficiency with Java, Golang, or Python required. Python is strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a cloud-native environment is preferred
• Experience with Relational Databases, including MySQL or Postgres, is preferred
• Experience with software compliance workflows is a bonus.
• Global experience with distributed organizations is preferred.

If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!

The expected salary range for this role is based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is eligible for the Fanatics Betting and Gaming annual bonus program and an equity award.

*Salary range is listed in USD; ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. *Salary Range: $148,000 to $294,000 (Salary 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, bonus, and equity, full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, paid time off, and other benefits like GymPass, Pet Insurance, Family Care Benefits, Free Shipt deliveries, and more. We’ll also give you $700 to set up your home office!           For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/