Platform Engineer III - (Pipelines & Developer Experience)

Fanatics Inc.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office setup stipend

Job summary

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Senior Engineer, Platform to advance CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling for scalable software delivery in the UK. You’ll build secure, scalable pipelines, promote best practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Kubernetes, with on-call rotation, remote work options in the United Kingdom, and occasional travel for collaboration and offsite sessions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
• Application development experience (backend or frontend).
• Cloud-native environments (Azure preferred), infrastructure automation, and container orchestration (Kubernetes or Service Fabric).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, CloudFormation).
• Proven ability to implement and maintain CI/CD release pipelines.
• Experience with scripting and programming (.NET preferred; Go, Python, PowerShell beneficial).
• Knowledge of observability tooling, chaos testing, and incident management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with collaboration across engineering teams.
• Effective communication skills, cross-team collaboration.
• Positive, flexible attitude in dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reusable CI/CD templates and workflows in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions (YAML-first, DRY, versioned).
• Embed secure-by-default and Zero Trust practices in pipelines (secretless with OIDC, least privilege, policy-as-code, scanning).
• Improve developer experience: faster feedback loops, quality gates, ephemeral/preview environments, and great documentation.
• Instrument pipeline observability (Datadog or equivalent) and define SLOs to drive reliability.
• Automate IaC workflows (Terraform/Terragrunt) and integrate testing, artifact/versioning, and release orchestration.
• Partner with teams to onboard to golden paths; provide enablement, examples, and reference implementations.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring platform stability and providing critical support for operational incidents.
• Occasionally travel for essential offsite meetings, special events, or collaborative team sessions.

Skills

Azure

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

.NET / C#

Go / Python / PowerShell

Observability

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Kubernetes

Service Fabric

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Job description

Senior Engineer, Platform - (Pipelines & Developer Experience)

United Kingdom (Remote)

Job Description

Senior Engineer, Platform - (Pipelines & Developer Experience)

Overview

As Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) accelerates Fanatics' mission to build the ultimate digital sports platform, the Platform Engineer III role is foundational to empowering our software engineering teams. Joining OddsFactory, you’ll enhance the productivity, reliability, security, and scalability of software delivery.

OddsFactory powers in‑play features at massive scale (billions of simulations/month). Today we run Windows services on Service Fabric in Azure; we’re accelerating Kubernetes + GitOps (Argo CD) and exploring dual‑cloud opportunities. In this Pipelines‑focused role, you’ll build secure, scalable CI/CD frameworks and developer tooling that streamline deployments and improve code quality.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reusable CI/CD templates and workflows in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions (YAML‑first, DRY, versioned).
• Embed secure‑by‑default and Zero Trust practices in pipelines (secretless with OIDC, least privilege, policy‑as‑code, scanning).
• Improve developer experience: faster feedback loops, quality gates, ephemeral/preview environments, and great documentation.
• Instrument pipeline observability (Datadog or equivalent) and define SLOs (queue time, lead time, change fail rate, MTTR) to drive reliability.
• Automate IaC workflows (Terraform/Terragrunt) and integrate testing, artifact/versioning, and release orchestration.
• Partner with teams to onboard to golden paths; provide enablement, examples, and reference implementations.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation, ensuring platform stability and providing critical support for operational incidents.
• Occasionally travel for essential offsite meetings, special events, or collaborative team sessions.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
• Application development experience (backend or frontend).
• Practical experience in cloud‑native environments (Azure preferred), infrastructure automation, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes or Service Fabric).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code systems (Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, CloudFormation).
• Proven ability to implement and maintain CI/CD release pipelines.
• Experience with scripting and programming (.NET preferred; familiarity with Go, Python, PowerShell beneficial).
• Knowledge of observability tooling, chaos testing, and incident management.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with the capability to closely collaborate with engineering teams.
• Highly outcome‑oriented, pragmatic, and capable of balancing quality with productivity.
• Effective communication skills, with experience collaborating across diverse teams.
• Positive, flexible attitude comfortable working in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Resilience & Continuity: DR plans for CI/CD (artifact integrity, reproducible pipelines, backup runners/agents); metrics‑driven SLOs and MTTR reduction.
• Traffic & Policy Plane: Service mesh‑aware rollout strategies (canary/blue‑green) coordinated via pipelines.
• Packaging & Delivery: Helm/kustomize templating at scale; Argo CD progressive delivery and multi‑cluster deployments; promotion workflows (dev→staging→prod), release automation, and rollback patterns.
• Secrets & Identity: Secretless builds with OIDC; External Secrets for environments; policy‑as‑code in CI/CD (signing, SBOMs, provenance, guardrails).
• Familiarity or previous experience within the sports betting industry or strong interest in sports.
• Experience supporting scalable, real‑time, or event‑driven systems.
• Experience in fast‑paced or start‑up environments.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. We are open to fully remote candidates based in the United Kingdom, but we strongly encourage those who can join us on campus two days per week.

• Remote employee may also be eligible for a home office setup stipend.

Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in‑person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi‑day cultural immersion in New York City for full‑time, non‑seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process.

About Us

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

About the Team

Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty‑two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.