Staff Software Developer

Staff Backend Engineer, Customer, Accounts & Transactions (Fraud & Responsible Gaming) Overview
As a Staff Backend Engineer at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) , you will be the architectural owner of backend systems that safeguard our customers and ensure a trusted, compliant, and frictionless betting experience. You will design and evolve large-scale distributed systems that power fraud detection and responsible gaming capabilities focused on customer identity, account management, and financial transactions across mobile and web platforms.
You will define the long-term technical vision for fraud prevention, identity verification, and responsible gaming enforcement — ensuring our systems are secure, reliable, and adaptive to evolving threats and regulations. You’ll collaborate closely with Risk, Compliance, and Product partners to build a platform that balances safety, user trust, and operational efficiency.
As a technical leader in the CAT (Customer, Accounts & Transactions) domain, you’ll help shape the foundation of trust and safety for millions of Fanatics customers.
Own and evolve the backend architecture that powers fraud detection and responsible gaming features.
Design and implement distributed systems in Java and Spring Boot, building scalable services and APIs for real-time risk evaluation, transaction monitoring, and behavioral analysis.
Collaborate with Data Science, Risk, and Compliance teams to integrate fraud prevention models, transaction scoring engines, and responsible gaming rulesets into core backend flows.
Lead large-scale technical initiatives, such as the modernization of fraud detection services, identity platform evolution, or real-time customer protection pipelines.
Partner with cross-functional teams—including frontend, mobile, product, and analytics—to ensure seamless and secure end-to-end user experiences.
Champion responsible gaming and anti-fraud principles, helping define system patterns that promote fairness and regulatory alignment.
Stay ahead of emerging fraud, identity, and responsible gaming technologies, and advocate for pragmatic adoption that strengthens our platform.
Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices or industry events for planning, collaboration, and team development.
7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, payment systems, or fraud prevention patterns.
Experience designing APIs and backend systems that integrate with risk, compliance, or regulatory services.
Skilled at balancing performance, scalability, and compliance in high-traffic systems.
Strong communicator who can clearly articulate complex technical solutions to engineering, product, and leadership audiences.
Passion for customer protection, data integrity, and operational excellence.
Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana, CloudWatch).
Familiarity with event-driven architectures, message streaming systems (Kafka), and real-time data pipelines.
Exposure to machine learning integration for fraud detection or responsible gaming scoring.
Experience building or modernizing identity, payments, or compliance platforms.
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; 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.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.