Software Engineer III - Android

Description

Overview

As a Software Engineer III - Android at Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG), you'll be joining the dynamic and culturally driven Customer Accounts and Transactions (CATx) mobile team, responsible for powering the rapidly growing Fanatics sportsbook app. This team oversees the entire user onboarding journey—from app launch and account creation to login—and enhances customer loyalty by developing features that optimize the overall user experience.

As a Software Engineer III -Android at FBG, you are a seasoned contributor and technical leader, known for your ability to build scalable, high-impact solutions that drive the business forward. You combine deep hands-on expertise with a strong architectural mindset, delivering results across mobile systems. You play a key role in shaping the future of our technology stack while mentoring others and setting a high bar for engineering excellence.

We embrace principles of data-driven development, operational excellence, and continuous process optimization to deliver a stable, scalable platform. Central to our strategy is Kotlin Multiplatform, which empowers us to deliver high-quality features quickly and consistently across multiple ecosystems. By focusing on object-oriented design, modern coding practices, open-source frameworks, and third-party platform integrations, we continuously innovate and deliver at speed in this exciting and fast-moving market.

Responsibilities

Develop, test, document, and deploy high quality software into production

Develop a fundamental understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap

Deliver and lead the technical development of new features from functional requirements to logic and UI

Help your team define and adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of our engineering strategy

Work closely with our product team, design, and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products

Participate in an on-call rotation to address urgent issues outside business hours and contribute to app enhancements and operational efficiency (OE) by troubleshooting and resolving application-related problems.

Escalate when tasks or projects hit roadblocks

Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge

Contribute to team planning and design discussions, building more expertise around design approaches

Impact software quality and customer experience of product features

Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation

Help to onboard and mentor junior engineers and interns

Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.

Required Qualifications

7+ years of experience building highly scalable Android applications

Experience with Kotlin as the primary development language

The bulk of our business logic strategy relies on Kotlin Multiplatform (KM). You should be comfortable learning and developing business logic within this ecosystem.

Experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Material Design principles

Experience with Coroutines and Dependency Injection or ServiceLocator patterns

Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and a desire to strive for better

Able to effectively communicate complex technical subjects to a variety of audiences (engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, non-technical functional leaders)

Familiar with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM methodology

Thrives in a high-growth environment where priorities evolve regularly and decisions are made quickly

Able to effectively work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing and building backend services using Spring Boot or similar Java frameworks

Exposure to cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools

Experience working in large-scale distributed systems and event-driven architectures

Familiarity with additional languages like Swift is a plus.

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!

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; actual salary will vary based on location. *Salary Range: $120,000 - $240,000 per year (actual salary will be determined in part by a successful candidate’s geographic location). In addition to base salary, 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, and more. We’ll also give you $700 to set up your home office!