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Salary: USD 200,000 - 250,000 / annual
Fanatics is a 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). With 22,000+ employees, 900+ sports properties as partners, and 2,000+ retail locations, Fanatics is a major player in the sports fan ecosystem.
As a Staff Platform Engineer on the Platform team, you will be a technical leader responsible for the infrastructure, tooling, and systems that power Fanatics' entire engineering organization. You will own and lead complex, high-impact initiatives spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, observability, and internal developer tooling.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading end-to-end execution of complex platform initiatives from architecture through deployment and continuous refinement
- Designing, maintaining, and implementing scalable platform services, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure supporting the technology ecosystem
- Contributing to observability initiatives (logging, metrics, alerting) to improve system reliability and incident response
- Partnering with application and platform teams to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability in cloud-native environments
- Participating in incident response, post-incident reviews, and reliability improvements
- Advocating for best practices in infrastructure, software delivery, and operational excellence
- Providing technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers
- Continuously learning and applying new technologies to platform engineering challenges
You will work with minimal oversight, coordinate across multiple teams, influence technical direction, and help raise the bar for code quality, reliability, and observability across the organization.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven experience successfully leading complex initiatives while driving team strategy
- 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
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
- Familiarity with platform security concepts
- 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 environments
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
