Fanatics, Inc.

Staff Platform Engineer – Platform Engineering

Fanatics, Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGoJavaKotlinKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Help drive technical design and delivery of core platform capabilities spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, Observability, CI/CD systems, and developer tooling
  • Architect, build, and operate cloud-native platforms on AWS with a focus on reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency
  • Lead the evolution of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based workflows
  • Build and maintain internal platform services and tooling that improve developer experience and delivery velocity
  • Continue to drive Infrastructure as Code and automation practices across teams
  • Partner with application teams to unblock delivery and align platform capabilities with developer needs
  • Participate in and/or lead complex, cross-team initiatives and provide technical clarity in ambiguous problem spaces
  • Improve operational excellence through observability, automation, and incident response
  • Mentor engineers and participate in on-call rotations

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering
  • Proficiency with Python and Java. Familiarity with Kotlin, Go a plus
  • 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
  • Ability to influence without authority and communicate effectively across regions.
  • Nice to have: Experience with internal developer platforms or portals, FinOps or cloud cost management experience, Regulated or high-availability environment experience, Backend development experience, Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.
Benefits
  • Periodic travel to the United States is expected for offsites, planning sessions, and collaboration.
  • Occasional travel within the UK and Ireland may also be required.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonJavaKotlinGoKubernetesCI/CDGitOpsInfrastructure as CodeTerraformAWS
Soft Skills
influence without authorityeffective communicationmentoringproblem-solving