Fanatics

Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Core

Fanatics
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Base Salary

$220k - $275k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical design and delivery of platform capabilities across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
  • Own end-to-end execution of complex multi-quarter initiatives from architecture and design through deployment and refinement.
  • Partner with engineering teams to improve service reliability, scalability, and performance in cloud-native environments.
  • Contribute to incident response and resolution and improve availability and system stability.
  • Advocate for software delivery, infrastructure management, and operational best practices.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to the team’s engineering culture and technical direction.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and bring innovative platform solutions to the team.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading and delivering complex cross-team, multi-quarter initiatives.
  • Experience breaking complex work into achievable milestones and delivering predictably using agile practices.
  • Strong software engineering background with backend development and distributed-systems experience.
  • Deep understanding of AWS and cloud-native architectures.
  • Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, and automation.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and developer productivity tooling.
  • Deep production expertise with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
  • Strong knowledge of observability, including logging, metrics, and tracing, with experience improving visibility and reliability.
  • Experience with incident management and operational practices for large-scale systems.
  • Proficiency in Go or Python.
  • Ability to collaborate across teams, communicate complex topics clearly, and influence engineering practices.
  • Preferred experience includes global service scaling, FinOps or cloud cost management, regulated or high-availability environments, Java or Kotlin, GitHub Actions, Kafka, and Cassandra.

Benefits

  • Work on high-impact platform engineering challenges at scale and shape the developer experience and operational foundations of Fanatics.
  • Collaborate with experienced engineers and participate in a culture that supports learning, growth, technical excellence, and innovation.
  • Full-time, non-seasonal hires may have in-person interview or onboarding components, including a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City; travel and participation requirements depend on role and location.
  • Benefits information is provided at https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.

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About Fanatics

10,000+ employees

Fanatics is a New York–based digital sports platform that sells licensed team merchandise, trading cards, and operates a growing online sportsbook for fans. Its businesses span e-commerce for leagues and teams, manufacturing and distributing collectibles (including the Topps trading card brand), and betting and iGaming. The privately held company operates globally and powers official online stores and in-venue retail for major professional and college sports organizations.

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