Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Core
About The Position
Fanatics is seeking a Senior Staff Platform Engineer to join its Platform team in the United States. The team provides engineering teams with the platform and tooling needed to deploy and run core services across the business. The role owns and leads complex initiatives across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, observability, and internal developer tooling. The engineer operates with a high degree of autonomy as a technical lead, working strategically and hands-on to deliver ambitious projects. Their solutions help establish the team’s technical direction and standards.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading and delivering complex cross-team, multi-quarter initiatives.
- Ability to break complex work into clear, achievable milestones and deliver 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, such as Terraform or 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, including logging, metrics, and 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 across teams, communicate complex topics clearly, and influence engineering best practices.
- Outcome-driven approach to solving real-world engineering challenges.
- Positive, adaptable attitude suited to a fast-moving environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience scaling services globally.
- FinOps or cloud cost management experience.
- Experience in regulated or high-availability environments.
- Experience with Java or Kotlin.
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions.
- Experience with Kafka and Cassandra.
Responsibilities
- Drive the technical design and delivery of platform capabilities across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, 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 the reliability, scalability, and performance of services in cloud-native environments.
- Contribute to incident response and resolution, and help improve availability and system stability.
- Advocate for best practices in software delivery, infrastructure management, and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong engineering culture.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, and bring innovative solutions to the team.
Benefits
- The posting directs candidates to Fanatics' benefits website for benefits information.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
