Senior Staff Platform Engineer – Core

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Senior Staff Platform Engineer leading AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability initiatives. Building platform infrastructure for Fanatics’ global commerce, collectibles, and betting sports platform.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive technical design and delivery of core platform capabilities across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, observability, CI/CD systems, and developer tooling
  • Lead end-to-end execution of complex, multi-quarter features and systems from architecture and design through deployment and continuous refinement
  • Partner with engineering teams to improve reliability, scalability, and performance of cloud-native services
  • Contribute to incident response and resolution and improve availability and system stability
  • Advocate for software delivery, infrastructure management, and operational excellence best practices
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering culture
  • Track emerging technologies and industry trends and bring innovative solutions to the team

Requirements:

  • Based in the United States
  • Proven experience leading and delivering complex cross-team, multi-quarter initiatives
  • Experience breaking down complex work into milestones and delivering predictably using agile practices
  • Strong software engineering background, including backend development and distributed systems
  • Deep understanding of AWS and cloud-native architectures
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and CloudFormation
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and developer productivity tooling
  • Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production
  • Strong knowledge of observability, including logging, metrics, and tracing
  • Experience with incident management and operational best practices for large-scale systems
  • Proficiency in Go or Python
  • Ability to collaborate across teams, communicate complex topics clearly, and influence engineering best practices
  • Outcome-driven mindset
  • Positive, adaptable attitude
  • Nice to have: experience scaling services globally; FinOps or cloud cost management; regulated or high-availability environments; Java or Kotlin; GitHub Actions; Kafka and Cassandra

Benefits:

  • In-person onboarding/cultural immersion may be included for full-time, non-seasonal hires
  • Benefits information provided at https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
  • Learning, growth, and technical leadership opportunities
  • High-impact platform engineering work at scale
  • Collaboration with experienced engineers
  • Opportunity to shape developer experience and operational foundations