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Salary: USD 220,000 - 275,000 / annual
Fanatics is a leading global digital sports platform serving over 100 million sports fans worldwide. The company operates across three main pillars: Fanatics Commerce (licensed fan gear, jerseys, apparel), Fanatics Collectibles (physical and digital trading cards, memorabilia), and Fanatics Betting & Gaming (sportsbook and iGaming platform). With approximately 900 sports properties as partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and over 2,000 retail locations including Lids stores, Fanatics employs more than 22,000 people globally.
You will join the Platform Engineering team as a Senior Staff Platform Engineer, operating with high autonomy as a technical leader. This is a hands-on role where you will drive technical strategy and execution across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, observability, and internal developer tooling. You will lead complex, multi-quarter initiatives end-to-end—from architecture and design through deployment and continuous refinement. Your work directly impacts how engineering teams deploy and run the critical services powering Fanatics' entire business.
Key responsibilities include: designing and delivering core platform capabilities spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, and developer tooling; leading cross-team initiatives with clear milestones and predictable delivery; partnering with other engineering teams to improve reliability, scalability, and performance in cloud-native environments; contributing to incident response and driving improvements in system availability and stability; advocating for best practices in software delivery and operational excellence; mentoring engineers and strengthening engineering culture; and staying current with emerging technologies to bring innovative solutions to the team.
You will operate both strategically and hands-on, setting technical direction and standards for the platform team while collaborating effectively across the organization.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven experience successfully leading and delivering complex cross-team, multi-quarter initiatives
- Track record of breaking down complex work into clear, achievable milestones and delivering predictably using agile practices
- Strong software engineering background with experience in backend development and distributed systems
- Deep understanding of AWS cloud platform and cloud-native architectures
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automation
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and developer productivity tooling
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production environments
- Strong knowledge of observability (logging, metrics, tracing) and experience improving system visibility and reliability
- Experience with incident management and operational best practices for large-scale systems
- Proficiency in Go or Python
- Ability to collaborate effectively across teams, communicate complex topics clearly, and influence engineering best practices
- Outcome-driven mindset with focus on solving real-world engineering challenges
- Positive, adaptable attitude suited for fast-moving environment
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience scaling services globally
- FinOps or cloud cost management experience
- Regulated or high-availability environment experience
- Experience with Java or Kotlin
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions
- Experience with Kafka and Cassandra
