Senior Platform Engineer

The role

You will work across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, and internal developer tooling. You will build, enhance, and support the developer platform to improve reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.

What you will do

• Own and deliver medium-to-large platform projects from implementation through production
• Build and maintain internal platform services and tooling
• Partner with application teams to unblock delivery
• Drive cloud cost efficiency and optimization
• Improve operational excellence through observability, automation, and incident response
• Help evolve CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based workflows
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response

Required qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering
• Proficiency with Python and Java
• Deep Kubernetes and container orchestration knowledge
• Proven CI/CD and GitOps experience
• Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform)
• Strong AWS and cloud-native experience
• Experience operating distributed, high-availability systems
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to deliver defined projects independently
• Clear communication and strong collaboration skills

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Kotlin, Go a plus
• Experience with internal developer platforms or tooling
• Exposure to regulated or high-availability environments
• Backend development experience (Java, Python, Go, or similar)
• Familiarity with observability and reliability engineering practices

Benefits

• Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires

Before you apply

• Do not offer sponsorship
• You need to be living in the UK or Ireland to apply
• Interview and onboarding may include in-person components such as onsite interviews

About the company

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics.