Engineering Manager, Balance and Ledger - Core
Fanatics Betting & Gaming · New York, NY, United States
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 the team that builds the Balance and Ledger platform: the shared ledger and customer-level balance that holds customer funds across Fanatics. This leader will own systems where accuracy matters most, guiding the team through complex and ambiguous problems while ensuring operational excellence, consistent delivery, and long-term impact. The team sits within the Customer, Accounts & Transactions (CAT) domain and works closely with the Payments team. The Engineering Manager plays a central role in shaping the architecture, processes, and engineering culture of the balance platform. You will lead backend engineers (Java, Spring Boot, AWS) who are responsible for the ledger, the rules that decide where each portion of a balance can be used, and the migration of existing wallets onto a shared platform. At FBG, we're revolutionizing sports betting with cutting-edge technology, a customer-first mindset, and a world-class engineering team. You'll have the opportunity to work on complex, high-scale challenges in an exciting and rapidly growing industry, as part of a team that values innovation, integrity, and excellence. Responsibilities Operational Leadership & Ownership Lead an engineering team that owns the ledger and balance services for customer funds, where correctness, auditability, and availability are key. Drive operational excellence by setting high standards for security, reliability, observability, and on-call practices. Lead the phased migration of existing business wallets onto the shared ledger, including reconciliation, cutover, and rollback planning that avoids customer-visible downtime. Partner with Finance, Legal, and Compliance on fund attribution between businesses, settlement, chargebacks, and audit requirements. Identify and resolve technical and operational risks before they affect the business. Team Performance & Delivery Build and maintain a high-performing engineering team through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development. Define and execute a roadmap that balances new capabilities, migration work, technical health, and operational load. Plan team capacity honestly, make tradeoffs visible, and hold the team to the commitments it makes. Deliver maintainable, scalable software that handles high transaction volume without losing or double-counting a transaction. Stay close enough to the technical work to review designs, take part in architectural decisions, and unblock engineers. Communication, Stakeholder Management & Product Partnership Communicate clearly with engineers, Product, Finance, Legal, Compli