Role overview
Job Description About this role Fanatics Betting and Gaming is seeking an AI Engineer on our cross-functional Applied AI team that is on a mission to 10x FBG with AI. You’ll build and productionize the software foundations that power next-gen recommenders, autonomous AI agents, and scalable AI-driven experiences—working in a fast-paced, startup->
What you'll work on
- Design & Build Recommender Services Architect and implement microservices that serve real-time personalized recommendations (e.g., odds suggestions, content feeds) at low latency and high throughput.
- Develop AI Agent Frameworks Create, integrate, and extend agent orchestration pipelines—building tools to deploy, monitor, and iterate on multi-agent workflows.
- Collaborate in a Startup-Like Pod Work hands-on across the stack: from data ingestion and feature engineering to model deployment and UX integration—rapidly prototyping and shipping proof-of-concepts alongside engineers and product managers.
- Optimize for Scale & Reliability Implement CI/CD for model updates, containerize inference workloads (Docker/Kubernetes), and instrument services with logging, tracing, and alerts to meet 99.9% uptime SLAs.
- Champion Engineering Best Practices Write clear, maintainable code; conduct code reviews; mentor junior teammates; and evangelize automated testing, code linting, and performance monitoring.
Skills & Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on AI/ML systems
- Hands-on experience building and deploying models in production
- Proficiency in Python (FastAPI, Flask) and familiarity with strong-typed languages (Java, Go, or C#) for microservice development
- Experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Knowledge of AI agents and frameworks (e.g. LangChain, Ray RLlib, custom orchestrators)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems , API design, and data pipelines
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a startup-like environment : you’re resourceful, rapid in iteration, and thrive on end-to-end ownership
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, life>
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.