Fanatics · 1 day ago
Salesforce Engineering Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$144K/yr - $238K/yr
5+ years expFanatics is building the industry’s most trusted, scalable, and fan-centric sportsbook experience. As a Software Engineering Manager for Internal Platforms, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining Java backend services and Salesforce platform capabilities, ensuring engineering excellence across all systems.
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Responsibilities
Actively review and approve pull requests across Java and Salesforce codebases, maintaining a high bar for software quality and maintainability
Dive deep into technical issues, leading troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across backend integrations, distributed systems, and Salesforce workflows
Lead architecture and design discussions for APIs, microservices, data flows, and Salesforce platform components
Mentor engineers across Java (Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka) and Salesforce (Apex, LWC, Flows) technologies
Drive adoption of engineering best practices including testing strategy, CI/CD standards, instrumentation, and architectural consistency
Own sprint planning, capacity modeling, and workload balancing to ensure predictable, high-quality delivery
Develop milestone plans, proactively identifying dependencies, risks, and resource constraints
Ensure sprint execution aligns with engineering standards, technical direction, and system reliability goals
Monitor team throughput, quality metrics, and operational signals to drive continuous improvement
Identify and mitigate engineering-level risks early, providing clear options and trade-offs
Partner closely with Product Managers and TPMs to define requirements, refine scope, and translate features into actionable engineering tasks
Collaborate with Operations, Support, Marketing, Data, Risk, and Compliance partners to ensure systems meet business and regulatory needs
Communicate technical decisions, architectural changes, delivery timelines, and risks clearly and consistently
Lead engineering contributions to change management, assessing system impacts, integration touchpoints, and rollout considerations
Guide engineers in building and maintaining Java microservices, internal APIs, event-driven systems, and backend integration layers
Ensure backend systems are performant, observable, resilient, and well-documented
Drive improvements in reliability practices—including alerting, runbooks, dashboards, and post-incident processes
Ensure clean integration patterns between backend services, Salesforce, and external systems
Lead engineering work across Salesforce schema design, automation, Apex/LWC development, platform configuration, and environment strategy
Ensure engineers apply scalable, maintainable patterns for Salesforce workflows, triggers, flows, and custom components
Guide integration strategy between Salesforce and backend systems (REST APIs, events, streaming frameworks)
Maintain strong data integrity, access control, and security standards across the Salesforce ecosystem
Lead root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews, driving long-term engineering improvements
Ensure systems include strong observability (metrics, logging, tracing) and performance tuning
Identify systemic issues—technical debt, architectural shortcomings, or process gaps—and drive targeted engineering solutions
Foster a culture of accountability, reliability, and continuous learning
Qualification
Required
2 or more years of engineering leadership experience with direct involvement in technical decision making
5 or more years of engineering experience with strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, distributed systems, and API development
Ability to deeply review and guide both Java and Salesforce engineering work
Experience troubleshooting distributed systems, backend integrations, and Salesforce platform issues
Experience managing sprints, engineering capacity, and predictable delivery processes
Excellent communication skills for working with Product, TPM, and cross-functional stakeholders
Proven ability to mentor engineers and elevate engineering standards
Preferred
Experience with Kafka or other event-streaming systems
Salesforce platform certifications (Administrator, Developer, Architect)
Experience integrating Salesforce with Java-based services, event-driven systems, or middleware
Experience in high-availability, regulated industries such as gaming, fintech, or payments
Experience managing remote or distributed engineering teams
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tools, and observability frameworks
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K
Paid time off
GymPass
Pet Insurance
Family Care Benefits
$700 to set up your home office
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Fanatics has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
J
Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
Recent News
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