Mgr Engineering Software

Software Engineering Manager - Sportsbook

UK/Ireland 

Overview
As an Engineering Manager within Fanatics Betting & Gaming’s Sportsbook domain, you’ll lead a backend team responsible for processing high-volume market data, business rule application, and real-time distribution to downstream services. This is a high-visibility, high-throughput area of the platform where latency, correctness, and resilience matter deeply.
You’ll partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership across the US and UK to ensure market feeds from external providers are ingested, enriched with business rules, and reliably distributed at scale to power live customer experiences.
Responsibilities
• Lead and mentor teams to design, develop, test, document, and deploy backend services and APIs.
• Own the on-call rotation for your teams, troubleshooting and resolving production issues efficiently.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and other backend teams to ensure timely delivery of features and improvements.
• Champion code quality by conducting and participating in code reviews and ensuring best practices are followed.
• Drive architecture discussions, sprint planning, and process improvements to enhance team productivity and system reliability.
• Develop a deep understanding of the platform's systems, architecture, and evolving customer needs.
• Stay up to date with advancements in backend technologies and industry best practices, continuously improving engineering practices.
• Be open to occasional travel for team-building, collaboration, and industry events.

Required Qualifications
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong experience with backend systems development, including experience with Java (Spring Framework preferred).
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful API design.
• Proven experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including data modeling, indexing, and caching strategies.
• Extensive experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact features.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience leading and motivating teams to success.
• Ability to navigate and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth setting, balancing multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience transitioning into senior engineering management from technical leadership roles.
• Passion for mentoring and developing team members to reach their full potential.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices, cloud platforms, or DevOps workflows.
• Previous experience working in scaling or startup-like environments, ideally in a complex and high-demand industry.

Ready to build the future of sports betting? If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply! You NEED to be Living in the UK or Ireland to Apply. Unfortunately, we do not offer sponsorship for this role.