Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and inspire teams building distributed systems that power their rapidly growing sportsbook app, ensuring a stable, scalable platform.
Requirements
- Familiarity with modern backend stacks, particularly Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Postgres, Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes.
- Proven success leading teams building and operating distributed systems at scale.
- Strong track record of building engineering organizations that deliver business-critical systems with reliability and speed.
- Experience creating clarity and alignment in complex technical and organizational contexts.
- Experience leading multi-team programs or platform transformations.
- Background in scaling organizations through high-growth phases.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with product and business stakeholders to align technical investments with company strategy, balancing long-term platform evolution with near-term priorities.
- Guide teams in building distributed, event-driven, and fault-tolerant systems leveraging Kafka, Redis/Redis PubSub, and Postgres.
- Provide architectural oversight and ensure best practices are applied when building services in Kotlin/Java with Spring Boot.
- Drive organizational excellence in deployment, scalability, and operations through Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
- Set and measure engineering goals (availability, performance, delivery cadence, quality) and hold teams accountable to outcomes.
- Recruit, retain, and scale top engineering talent to meet the demands of growing systems and business needs.
Other
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years managing engineering teams (managing managers a plus).
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence both technical and executive stakeholders.
- Passion for building teams and cultures that deliver impactful results.
- Able to deal with ambiguity and strong self-motivation.
- Champion diversity, inclusion, and growth, ensuring that engineers thrive in a supportive and challenging environment.
