--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer at Fanatics Collectibles' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-fanatics-collectibles-london-aadp04yx52jx' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Staff Software Engineer at Fanatics Collectibles - **Company:** Fanatics Collectibles - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Posted:** 2026-09-23 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fanaticscollectibles/jobs/4410247009 ## 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. ## About the Team Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Backed by world-class investors, operators, and sports & entertainment partners, we are building the global leader in next-generation collectibles. As part of the broader Fanatics ecosystem, we leverage a digital sports platform that spans over 900 sports properties and engages more than 81 million fans. Together, we are reimagining every part of the collectibles experience for fans, partners, and creators. ## Role Summary Fanatics Live & Collect is building the future of live commerce for sports fans and collectors, bringing together content, community, and commerce in highly interactive digital experiences. We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to shape the technical strategy and architecture behind Fanatics Live’s streaming experiences. This role requires strong end-to-end engineering knowledge, with particular depth in frontend development. You’ll define how we build high-performance customer experiences using React and GraphQL, while influencing the backend services, APIs and event-driven systems that power them. As one of the senior technical leaders within a new and growing team, your focus will extend beyond coding. You’ll set architectural direction, solve complex cross-team challenges and establish the engineering standards, practices and culture needed to scale successfully. You’ll remain technically close to delivery—using prototypes, design reviews and targeted implementation to validate decisions and unblock teams—while creating leverage across the wider engineering organisation. ## What You’ll Do - Set the technical strategy for our consumer streaming product and supporting services. - Define the end-to-end architecture across frontend applications, APIs, backend services and event-driven systems. - Guide the development of scalable experiences combining live video, real-time interaction, discovery and commerce. - Lead major technical decisions across performance, reliability, resilience and platform scalability. - Create a clear technical roadmap that balances immediate product delivery with long-term platform health. - Define how engineering teams design, build, review, test and operate software as the organisation scales. - Establish reusable patterns and technical standards that improve quality and accelerate delivery across teams. - Partner with engineering leaders, Product, Design and Data to turn ambitious product ideas into scalable solutions. - Remain close to delivery through architecture reviews, prototyping, code reviews and targeted contributions to critical areas. - Mentor engineers, build alignment across teams and raise the overall technical bar. - Lead the technical response to significant production challenges and turn learnings into lasting platform improvements. ## What We’re Looking For - 8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience operating at Staff or equivalent level. - Strong full-stack engineering knowledge, with deep expertise in modern frontend development. - Significant experience with React, JavaScript/TypeScript and complex consumer web applications. - Strong experience with GraphQL, APIs, backend services and frontend-to-backend integration. - Experience setting technical direction for streaming products or streaming services. - Strong knowledge of distributed systems, event-driven architecture and end-to-end system design. - Experience designing high-scale, real-time products with demanding performance and reliability requirements. - Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams and systems. - Experience shaping engineering standards, technical practices and team culture. - Strong architectural judgment and the ability to influence without relying on formal authority. - A track record of mentoring engineers and making teams more effective. - Strong product judgment and the ability to balance delivery speed, customer experience and long-term technical health. - Open to Hybird, Onsite & Remote ## Nice to Have - Experience across live commerce, marketplaces, auctions, social/community products or e-commerce. - Experience supporting high-profile live events and rapidly changing traffic patterns. - Knowledge of real-time communication technologies, payments or transactional systems. Fanatics Live brings together creators, fans, interactive live experiences, commerce, and community, making experience with real-time and high-scale consumer platforms particularly relevant to the role. The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. Subject to applicable laws, Fanatics Collectibles may choose to run a background check. Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud.  Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Feel free to ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of communication for interview, and ensure your communication is coming from a Fanatics email address (including @collectfanatics.com).  For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at [www.fanaticsinc.com/careers](http://www.fanaticsinc.com/careers) By submitting your application, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our [Candidate Privacy Policy.](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ff494b9931735466ce28d5b/t/69de53bde2c02c25e9c38758/1776178110037/Candidate+Privacy+Policy+April+2026.pdf) Fanatics will never ask candidates for money, banking information, or other sensitive personal information as part of the interview process. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Fanatics recruiting, please do not respond and report it here. ## About Fanatics Collectibles ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Fanatics Collectibles is a leading licensee, producer, designer, and seller of physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and digital collectibles, operating as the collectibles division of global sports retail giant Fanatics Inc. - **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of private company Fanatics Inc.) - **Headquarters**: New York, NY, United States (primary business roles); major operations also in Sunnyvale, TX and Tigard, OR [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-collectibles) - **Founded**: Division launched around 2021-2022 (parent company Fanatics Inc. founded 1995) - **Founders**: Michael Rubin (founder of Fanatics Inc.); collectibles leadership team includes industry veterans ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Sports trading cards and collectibles (physical and digital manufacturing, marketplace, and livestream commerce) - **Target customers**: B2C collectors, hobbyists, and investors; B2B partnerships with leagues, teams, and creators - **Mission or purpose**: “Relentlessly focused on improving the collector experience and growing the hobby for the benefit of all” [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-collectibles) ## Products & Services - **[Fanatics Collect Marketplace](https://www.fanaticscollect.com/sell)**: An online marketplace for buying and selling trading cards, memorabilia, and collectibles, featuring vaulting, grading partnerships (PSA, CGC, SGC, Beckett), and consignment services. - **[Fanatics Live](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-collect)**: A livestream shopping app for live box breaks, creator-run events, and real-time card purchasing (launched summer 2024, acquired Voggt for European expansion). - **Physical & Digital Trading Cards**: Licensed manufacturing of trading cards for MLB, NFL, NBA, and other leagues under brands like Topps and Panini (through exclusive league deals). - **High-End Private Sales**: Partnership with Sotheby’s to sell cards valued at $100K+ [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-collect). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Parent company Fanatics Inc. valued at approximately $31 billion (2024, per Forbes) – collectibles division share not separately disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Over 3.1 million total cards sold and 740,000 total collectors on Fanatics Collect platform [fanaticscollect.com](https://www.fanaticscollect.com/sell). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Fanatics Inc. investors include Silver Lake, SoftBank, and Michael Rubin. Key partners: MLB, NFL, NBA, MLBPA, NFLPA, NBPA, Sotheby’s, and grading services PSA etc. - **Growth Signals**: Exclusive long-term licensing with major U.S. sports leagues; launch of Fanatics Collect and Fanatics Live in 2024; acquisition of European livestream platform Voggt; expansion into high-end auctions via Sotheby’s; 170+ open jobs globally [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fanaticscollectibles). ## Competitive Advantages - **Exclusive League Deals**: Holds exclusive rights to produce physical and digital trading cards for MLB, NFL, NBA (and related players associations), creating a near-monopoly on officially licensed cards. - **Vertical Integration**: Controls design, manufacturing, marketplace, grading, vaulting, and livestream distribution, capturing value at every step. - **Scale & Brand**: Backed by Fanatics’ global retail infrastructure, access to athletes, media partnerships, and a massive customer base. ## Strategic Focus - **Digital Ecosystem**: Expanding from physical cards into digital collectibles, NFTs, and app-based marketplaces. - **Livestream Commerce**: Scaling Fanatics Live (including international via Voggt) to replicate the social “breaking” experience. - **International Growth**: Building presence in Europe (Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan) and Asia (Shanghai, Hong Kong) with dedicated business roles. - **Collector Experience**: Enhancing platform with AI-driven pricing (Card Ladder integration), instant payouts, and consignment convenience. ## Why Work Here - **Dynamic Industry**: Work at the intersection of sports, pop culture, and technology with a company that “owns the conversation” in collectibles. - **Growth Trajectory**: Rapidly expanding division with new products (live streaming, marketplace, international) and hundreds of open roles across engineering, product, marketing, operations, and more. - **Global Presence**: Offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and operations hubs in Texas and Oregon; hybrid/office policies vary by role. - **Culture**: Described as having a “world-class executive team” focused on innovation and operational excellence [fanaticsinc.com](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-collectibles). - **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work directly with major sports leagues, athletes, and cutting edge live-commerce tech; roles in data analytics, software engineering, supply chain, and creative. ## Sources 1. [Fanatics Inc. – Fanatics Collectibles](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-collectibles) 2. [Fanatics Inc. – Fanatics Collect](https://www.fanaticsinc.com/fanatics-collect) 3. [Fanatics Collect – Sell/Consign](https://www.fanaticscollect.com/sell) 4. [Fanatics Collectibles Careers – Greenhouse](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fanaticscollectibles) 5. 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