Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Core

The role

You will lead technical direction and complex initiatives for the platform team. You will own cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, observability, and internal developer tooling.

What you will do

• Drive technical design and delivery of core platform capabilities.
• Lead end-to-end execution of complex, multi-quarter features and systems.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Contribute to incident response and resolution.
• Advocate for best practices in software delivery, infrastructure management, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering culture.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Required qualifications

• Experience leading and delivering complex cross-team, multi-quarter initiatives.
• Track record of breaking down complex work into milestones using agile practices.
• Strong software engineering background in backend development and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of the 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).
• Experience with incident management and operational best practices for large-scale systems.
• Proficiency in Go or Python.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.
• Strong foundation in platform security concepts.

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

About the company

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company offers products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming.