Staff Platform Engineer: Cloud-Native, Kubernetes & CI/CD Lead

Fanatics; Leeds; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team based in the UK or Ireland. You will own core cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines and internal developer tooling to power Fanatics Betting & Gaming’s global software ecosystem.

You will lead complex initiatives, influence platform architecture, improve reliability, scalability and developer productivity, and mentor engineers while collaborating across regions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in platform, infrastructure, DevOps or software engineering.
• Proficiency with Python and Java; Kotlin/Go a plus.
• Deep Kubernetes and container orchestration knowledge.
• Proven CI/CD and GitOps experience.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform; strong AWS/cloud-native experience.
• Experience operating distributed, high-availability systems.
• Ability to influence across regions and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Help drive design and delivery of core platform capabilities across cloud infra, Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
• Architect, build, and operate cloud-native platforms on AWS focusing on reliability, security, scalability and cost efficiency.
• Lead evolution of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based workflows.
• Build and maintain internal platform services to improve developer experience and delivery velocity.
• Advance Infrastructure as Code and automation across teams.
• Partner with application teams to unblock delivery and align platform capabilities with needs.
• Mentor engineers and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Python

Java

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Terraform

AWS

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team based in the UK or Ireland. You will own core cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines and internal developer tooling to power Fanatics Betting & Gaming’s global software ecosystem.

You will lead complex initiatives, influence platform architecture, improve reliability, scalability and developer productivity, and mentor engineers while collaborating across regions.