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
Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.
The Role:
As a Staff Security Engineer on the Fanatics Ecosystems Security team, you will lead security reviews, deliver impactful tooling in close partnership with engineering teams, and operate application and edge security with efficiency and scale.
What Youβll Do:
β’ Develop, implement, and uphold secure architecture for product and enterprise environments. This encompasses on-premises, cloud, and containerless environments.
β’ Conduct threat model reviews for new services and major architecture changes, producing prioritized, actionable findings that unblock rather than delay engineering
β’ Contribute production code to product features as an engineering partner
β’ Attend sprint planning and architecture reviews for the product squads you support, security input happens at design time.
β’ Consistently contribute to and enhance security coding programs that support immutable and version-controlled environments through the utilization of infrastructure as code, detection as code, and other engineering-driven security initiatives.
β’ Participate in an on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for incident escalations
What Weβre Looking For:
β’ 10+ years of experience in security engineering or a related field, including 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
β’ Demonstrated expertise in implementing AWS security services and adhering to best practices. (Cloudtrail, GuardDuty, Cloudwatch).
β’ Prior experience implementing and managing a zero-trust network access solution to support least privilege access provisioning.
β’ Hands-on experience managing WAF platforms (Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, AWS WAF or equivalent) including custom rule development, not just enabling managed rulesets
β’ Demonstrated experience leveraging infrastructure as code with tools such as Terraform or Ansible
β’ Experience with identity management protocols (e.g., OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect)
β’ Able to identify what a good release pipeline looks like (the stages, what they do, why they are there)
β’ Demonstrated ability to develop and comprehend code in one or more programming languages, including Python, Java, or Go.
β’ Relevant certifications such as OSCP, SSCP, or GSEC
The salary range for this position is $190,000 to $250,000 which 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.
Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVEβa multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection 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.
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Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual offer is confirmed. In addition to the base and bonus, full-time employment, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit [Upgrade to PRO to see link]
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