Staff Platform Engineer - Core
About The Position
Fanatics is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join its U.S.-based Platform team, which provides engineering teams with the platform and tooling used to deploy and run core services across the business. The role leads complex initiatives spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, observability, and internal developer tooling. As a technical leader, the Staff Platform Engineer helps set technical direction and raise standards for code quality, reliability, and observability. The position leads projects from design through delivery, coordinates with engineers and partner teams with minimal oversight, designs systems and services aligned with business goals and engineering standards, contributes to planning and roadmaps, and mentors team members.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading complex initiatives while driving team strategy.
- Track record of breaking down complex work into achievable 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 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.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.
- Familiarity with platform security concepts.
- Ability to collaborate across teams, communicate complex topics clearly, and influence engineering best practices.
- Outcome-driven mindset focused on solving real-world engineering challenges.
- Positive, adaptable attitude suited to a fast-moving environment.
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience scaling services globally.
- FinOps or cloud cost management experience.
- Experience in a regulated or high-availability environment.
- Experience with Java or Kotlin.
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions.
- Experience with Kafka and Cassandra.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex initiatives end to end, from architecture and design through deployment and continuous refinement.
- Lead the design, maintenance, and implementation of scalable platform services, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure supporting Fanatics’ technology ecosystem.
- Contribute to observability initiatives, including logging, metrics, and alerting, to improve system reliability and incident response.
- Partner with application and platform teams to improve performance, scalability, and reliability in cloud-native environments.
- Participate in incident response, post-incident reviews, and reliability improvements.
- Advocate for best practices in infrastructure, software delivery, and operational excellence.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers.
- Continuously learn and apply new technologies and approaches to platform engineering challenges.
- Partner with team leadership on planning and the roadmap.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
