Senior Cloud Engineer

Fandom; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vibrant team culture

Comprehensive medical/dental/vision

Training (Udemy + more)

Flexible hours and time off

Equity & retirement including 401K

Paid parental leave

International startup culture

Job summary

Fandom is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to scale and support infrastructure powering a platform used by hundreds of millions of fans worldwide. This hands-on role focuses on building reliable, scalable Linux‑ and Kubernetes‑based systems, with a strong emphasis on automation, CI/CD, and security.

You will work within the TechOps team, collaborating with developers and other infrastructure groups, helping ensure the platform remains fast, stable, and secure as Fandom grows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Technical/Network Operations, DevOps, or SRE for large-scale production platforms

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and scale high-availability routing architectures across on-prem, AWS, and GCP
• Manage IaC with Terraform and Chef for Kubernetes, Cloudflare, and CI/CD pipelines
• Maintain and optimize large-scale production environments with MySQL replication, failover, DR, and monitoring
• Develop internal tools for automation, backups, performance tuning, and security monitoring
• Lead planning meetings, retrospectives, and RCAs to drive operational excellence
• Participate in on-call rotation and mentor cross-functional teams

Skills

Linux administration

Networking protocols

Go/Python/Bash

Kubernetes

CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins)

MySQL replication/failover

AI tools for productivity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Chef

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)

Grafana/Prometheus

Job description

About This Role

Fandom is growing! We’re looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to help evolve and support the infrastructure that powers our platform for over 300 million fans around the world. This is a hands‑on role focused on building reliable, scalable systems in a Linux and Kubernetes‑based environment.

As part of the TechOps team, you’ll report to the Manager of TechOps and work closely with developers, product engineers, and other infrastructure teams. You’ll contribute to our CI/CD, monitoring, automation, and cloud efforts — helping ensure Fandom’s platform remains fast, stable, and secure as we grow.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving deployment systems, and enabling engineering teams to move faster and safer.

You Will...

• Design, architect, and scale high‑availability routing architectures to seamlessly balance and secure global user traffic across a hybrid footprint of on‑premise datacenters, AWS, and GCP.
• Manage and automate cloud and edge infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform and Chef, ensuring consistent configurations for Kubernetes, global Cloudflare services, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain and optimize large‑scale production environments, orchestrating high‑availability MySQL replication, automated failover, robust disaster recovery, and system monitoring.
• Develop internal tools for operational automation, system/data backups, performance tuning, and comprehensive security monitoring.
• Drive operational excellence by leading planning meetings, retrospectives, and RCAs, while continuously evaluating systems against industry best practices.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to maintain production stability, handle incident responses, and collaborate with/mentor cross‑functional engineering teams.

You Have...

• 5+ years of experience in Technical/Network Operations, DevOps, or SRE roles managing large‑scale production platforms (e.g., 10M+ monthly active users).
• Deep proficiency in Linux systems administration, networking protocols (TCP/IP, routing), secure systems practices, and scripting/programming (Go, Python, or Bash).
• Proven hands‑on experience with core infrastructure tech: Kubernetes/container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), and monitoring/reliability systems (e.g., Prometheus).
• Practical experience managing production MySQL database environments, including deep familiarity with replication topologies, failover mechanisms, and performance tuning.
• Demonstrated capability using generative AI tools (e.g., Gemini, NotebookLM) to enhance productivity, paired with the ability to critically audit and verify outputs for accuracy, security, and context.

Bonus Points...

• Advanced Cloudflare expertise, including CDN optimization, WAF security, DNS management, edge performance tuning, and Cloudflare Tunnels.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture, edge caching, and centralized log management using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
• Experience defining SLOs and instrumentation, implementing meaningful metrics, logs, and traces to reduce alert noise and drive postmortem action items.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary Range = $122k - $204k (Actual salary available will vary based on location and market factors.)
• Vibrant team culture
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision
• Training (unlimited Udemy + more)
• Flexible working hours and time off
• Equity & Retirement Programs including 401K match
• Paid Parental Leave
• International work environment with start‑up culture

About Fandom

Fandom is the world’s largest fan platform where fans immerse themselves in imagined worlds across entertainment and gaming. Reaching more than 350 million unique visitors per month and hosting more than 250,000 wikis, Fandom is the #1 source for in‑depth information on pop culture, gaming, TV and film, where fans learn about and celebrate their favorite fandoms. Fandom’s Gaming division manages the online video game retailer Fanatical. Fandom Productions, the content arm of Fandom, enhances the fan experience through curated editorial coverage and branded content from trusted and established publishing brands Gamespot, TV Guide and Metacritic, along with its Emmy‑nominated Honest Trailers and the weekly video news program The Loop. For more information follow @getfandom or visit: www.fandom.com.

Fandom is an equal opportunity employer. Fandom values diversity, and all employment decisions are made on the basis of job requirements and individual qualifications.