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# Software Engineering Manager, Compliance - Core at Fanatics Betting & Gaming

- **Company:** Fanatics Betting & Gaming
- **Location:** New York NY, United States
- **Compensation:** $172k–$215k
- **Posted:** 2026-05-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fanaticsfbg/jobs/4255054009

## Job description

## About Us

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; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

## Overview

Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) is on a mission to create the best online sportsbook in the industry. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead an engineering team focused on delivering a secure, trusted, and seamless experience for our customers. This leader will own critical systems at the core of responsible gaming, regulatory compliance, and player eligibility — guiding teams through complex and ambiguous problems while ensuring operational excellence, consistent delivery, and long-term strategic impact.

Success in this role requires building strong, collaborative relationships with Product, Data, Risk, Legal, and Compliance partners to align on strategy, priorities, and outcomes that protect both our customers and our business.

The Accounts team sits within the Customer Accounts & Transactions (CATX) domain and 8 critical customer and compliance domains: login, registration, customer verification, geolocation, NJ regulatory data residency (user sync), state and self exclusion, responsible gaming enforcement, and prohibited persons. These systems form the backbone of FBG's acquisition funnel and regulatory posture across every live US state — and operate at the intersection of customer experience, legal obligation, and platform trust.

The EM plays a pivotal role in shaping the architecture, processes, and engineering culture that ensure trust, safety, and compliance across the Fanatics Sportsbook ecosystem. You will lead backend engineering teams (Java, AWS) responsible for the systems that gate customer access to the platform — from real-time geolocation checks to responsible gaming limit enforcement and regulatory exclusion list ingestion.

Operational Leadership & Ownership

- Lead engineering teams that own high-scale, high-stakes compliance systems across geolocation, state & self exclusion, responsible gaming, NJ data residency, and prohibited persons.
- Drive operational excellence by setting high standards for security, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
- Establish strong monitoring and alerting mechanisms to detect, prevent, and mitigate fraudulent activity and compliance violations.
- Partner with Risk, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure regulatory requirements, responsible gaming standards, and state-level gaming compliance obligations are met.
- Support and enhance our login and registration flows to provide a best in class customer experience that is performant under high traffic loads
- Own systems that enforce compliance gaming controls — including wager limits, session controls, cooling-off periods, self-exclusion enforcement, and problem gambling intervention workflows — ensuring real-time, accurate application across all regulated markets.
- Oversee geolocation and location services infrastructure that verifies customer location at the point of wagering, ensuring players are within legally authorized jurisdictions and that geofencing rules are enforced with high precision and low latency.
- Lead the engineering strategy for user sync processes — ensuring customer account data, eligibility status, self-exclusion flags, and compliance attributes remain consistent and up-to-date across all internal systems and third-party integrations.
- Maintain and evolve systems that enforce prohibited persons policies — including detection, blocking, and auditing of individuals who are legally or contractually barred from participation (e.g., employees, self-excluded players, minors, persons on exclusion registries, and other regulated categories).
- Proactively identify and resolve technical or operational risks before they impact customers or business integrity.

## Team Performance & Delivery

- Build and maintain high-performing, mission-driven engineering teams focused on trust, safety, compliance, and performance.
- Define and execute a roadmap balancing customer experience, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and player protection.
- Empower teams to solve complex challenges in real-time eligibility enforcement, data replication, and responsible gaming tooling.
- Deliver robust, maintainable, and scalable software systems that protect customer data and ensure seamless, compliant account experiences.

Communication, Stakeholder Management & Product Partnership

- Communicate clearly and effectively with engineers, Product, Data Science, Legal, and Compliance stakeholders.
- Build deep partnerships with Fanatics Ecosystem, Fraud, Risk, Responsible Gaming, and Compliance Gaming product teams to align on goals and trade-offs.
- Drive crisp technical and strategic discussions across teams and leadership.
- Author and present clear documentation — including engineering roadmaps, vision documents, compliance risk assessments, and incident reviews.
- Represent the CAT domain's technical perspective in broader organizational strategy and planning.

Navigating Complexity & Ambiguity

- Lead teams through highly ambiguous security, risk, compliance gaming, and geolocation challenges with structured, data-informed approaches.
- Foster a culture of accountability and innovation — balancing experimentation with rigorous controls.
- Harmonize diverse viewpoints across Risk, Legal, Product, and Engineering to make high-impact, balanced decisions.
- Provide clarity and vision amid changing regulatory and threat landscapes, including evolving state gaming commission requirements and exclusion registry mandates.

## Qualifications

We value aptitude and integrity over years of experience, but here are key skills that will make you successful in this role:

- 2-4+ years of experience managing software engineering teams, with a track record of delivering secure, scalable systems in high-risk or regulated environments.
- Background leading teams or contributing in a Java, AWS ecosystem preferred.
- Demonstrated experience building systems for fraud detection, payments, compliance, or responsible gaming is highly desirable.
- Ability to balance strategic direction with deep technical execution.
- Strong communication and storytelling skills to influence across Engineering, Product, Risk, Legal, and Compliance.
- Proven experience navigating complex, cross-functional, and regulatory challenges.
- Commitment to operational excellence and building resilient, high-trust systems.
- Passion for mentoring and developing engineers and leaders, while fostering a culture of security, empathy, and innovation.
- Experience with geolocation and location services, compliance gaming controls, user sync and data consistency pipelines, prohibited persons enforcement frameworks are preferred

Remote employees may also be eligible for a home office setup stipend.

Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connections and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process.

For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/ The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

USA Remote Salary Range $172,000—$215,000 USD

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## About Fanatics Betting & Gaming

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Fanatics Betting & Gaming is the online and retail sports betting and iGaming subsidiary of Fanatics, building a real-money wagering platform that integrates with the broader Fanatics ecosystem of commerce and collectibles.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Fanatics Inc., which is also private)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Michael Rubin (Founder & CEO of Fanatics)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Online Sports Betting & iGaming (Real-Money Wagering)
- **Target customers**: B2C — sports fans and bettors in the United States
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Relentlessly enhancing the fan experience" by allowing sports fans to buy, collect, and bet through a unified digital platform.

## Products & Services
- **Fanatics Sportsbook**: A native iOS and Android mobile app for online sports betting, available in 23 states and Washington D.C., covering approximately 95% of the U.S. addressable online sports bettor market. Features include "Fair Play" (refunds single-player prop bets if a player is ruled out early) and "FanCash" (up to 10% cashback on every bet, win or lose, redeemable for merchandise, collectibles, and bonus bets).
- **Fanatics Casino**: An online casino platform available in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, offering slots, blackjack, roulette, live dealer games, and exclusive titles from Fanatics Game Studios (e.g., Fanatics Blackjack, Field Goal Frenzy).
- **Retail Sportsbooks**: Operates 22 retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium (Northwest Stadium).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed for Fanatics Betting & Gaming as a standalone entity. Fanatics Inc. was valued at $31 billion in a 2022 funding round, though more recent reports suggest a lower valuation in private markets.
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — Fanatics Inc. has raised significant capital (over $7 billion in total) from investors; FBG is funded internally by Fanatics.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Fanatics Inc. investors include Silver Lake, Fidelity Management & Research, SoftBank Vision Fund, BlackRock, and the National Football League (NFL). FBG partners with over 900 sports properties, including major leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL), players associations, teams, and colleges.
- **Growth Signals**: Claims to be "the fastest growing sportsbook in America." Acquired PointsBet's U.S. business in August 2023 (final state closed April 2024), accelerating market expansion and integrating PointsBet's risk management and trading technology from Banach Technology. 75% of Sportsbook customers use FanCash monthly, with up to 10% of FanCash redeemed on Fanatics.com.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Ecosystem Integration**: Uniquely positioned as the first true sports brand to enter legal sports betting, FBG is tightly integrated with Fanatics Commerce (licensed fan gear, Lids retail stores) and Fanatics Collectibles (trading cards, memorabilia). FanCash can be used across the entire ecosystem, creating a powerful loyalty loop.
- **Massive Existing User Base**: Fanatics has a database of over 100 million global sports fans, providing a built-in acquisition channel that competitors lack.
- **Proprietary Technology**: Built natively on iOS and Android for superior user experience. Acquired Banach Technology (via PointsBet) for advanced quantitative trading and risk management models.
- **Innovative Product Features**: "Fair Play" and "FanCash" are unique differentiators that reduce bettor frustration and increase loyalty.

## Strategic Focus
- **Market Expansion**: Continuing to launch in new states as legalization expands. Recently launched Fanatics Casino web version and standalone app (March 2025).
- **Product Enhancement**: Deepening personalization through the Fanatics ecosystem, leveraging data from commerce and collectibles to offer tailored betting experiences. Investing in exclusive casino game development via Fanatics Game Studios.
- **Technology Leadership**: Building on the Banach Technology acquisition to improve trading, risk management, and in-play betting capabilities.
- **Prediction Markets**: Expanding into prediction markets as part of the broader Fanatics platform.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as "fast-paced," "intense," and "relentless" — employees are expected to "jump in at a moment's notice to deliver the win." The company emphasizes a "By Fans, For Fans" ethos and seeks high performers who are passionate about sports and technology.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Many engineering and corporate roles are listed as "Remote (US)" on the careers page, though some roles may be office-based in New York, Denver, Leeds, or Dublin.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work at the intersection of sports, technology, and gaming. Employees get to be part of a company that owns the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium. The company emphasizes employee welfare, wellness, and professional development.
- **Engineering Culture**: Heavy investment in native mobile development (iOS/Android), data engineering, machine learning, and trading systems. Roles include Analytics Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Data Platform Engineer, and Engineering Manager for Market Maker.

## Sources
1. [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-betting-gaming)
2. [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-sportsbook-online-experience)
3. [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/join-our-team)
4. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fanaticsfbg)
5. [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/)

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