Senior Engineer, DevOps

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics is seeking a Senior Engineer, DevOps to join the Live & Collect Infrastructure team in Los Angeles. You’ll design, build, and operate the cloud foundation powering Fanatics’ Live & Collect platforms across AWS and GCP. This hands‑on role involves AI/ML tooling, mentoring, and driving DevOps maturity at scale.

You will own core services, implement IaC, optimize reliability and cost, and collaborate with product teams to support high‑traffic systems in a multi‑cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud engineering or SRE with AWS and GCP.
• Strong IaC experience with Terraform and container orchestration.
• Hands-on DB admin with Cloud Spanner, AWS RDS, PostgreSQL.
• Experience with CI/CD and modern DevOps automation practices.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-powered tooling for infra/ops.
• Proficient in Python or Go for automation.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure across AWS and GCP using Terraform.
• Own core cloud services — Kubernetes, networking, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted tooling to improve infra efficiency.
• Partner with product and platform teams to architect cloud solutions for high‑traffic Live & Collect systems.
• Administer and tune managed/self-hosted databases, including performance tuning and backup/recovery.
• Drive reliability and cost‑efficiency initiatives across multi‑cloud environments.
• Champion DevOps best practices and observability standards across teams.
• Mentor engineers on cloud architecture, automation, and operational excellence.
• Participate in on‑call rotation to meet SLAs.
• Contribute to security hardening and disaster recovery planning.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AIOps

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Incident response

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Cloud Spanner

AWS RDS

PostgreSQL

Job description

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.

Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Backed by world-class investors, operators, and sports & entertainment partners, we are building the global leader in next-generation collectibles. As part of the broader Fanatics ecosystem, we leverage a digital sports platform that spans over 900 sports properties and engages more than 81 million fans. Together, we are reimagining every part of the collectibles experience for fans, partners, and creators.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Engineer, DevOps to join the Live & Collect Infrastructure team in Los Angeles. You'll design, build, and operate the cloud foundation that powers Fanatics' Live & Collect platforms across AWS and GCP. This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys solving hard infrastructure problems at scale, applying AI/ML tooling to infrastructure and operations, mentoring other engineers, and championing DevOps maturity across the org.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure across AWS and GCP using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Own core cloud platform services — Kubernetes, networking, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted tooling (e.g., LLM-based automation, AIOps, intelligent monitoring) to improve infrastructure efficiency and operations.
• Partner with product and platform engineering teams to architect cloud solutions that support high‑traffic, high‑availability Live & Collect systems.
• Administer and tune managed and self‑hosted databases (Cloud Spanner, AWS RDS, PostgreSQL), including performance tuning, capacity planning, backup/recovery, and query optimization.
• Drive reliability and cost‑efficiency initiatives across multi‑cloud environments.
• Champion DevOps best practices, scalable infrastructure patterns, and observability standards across engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers on cloud architecture, automation, and operational excellence.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation, responding to and resolving production incidents to meet SLAs.
• Contribute to security hardening, compliance, and disaster‑recovery planning for cloud infrastructure.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or SRE roles, with production experience in both AWS and GCP.
• Strong background with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Hands‑on database administration and tuning experience with Cloud Spanner, AWS RDS, and PostgreSQL (performance tuning, replication, backup/recovery, capacity planning).
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and modern DevOps automation practices.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-powered tooling for infrastructure automation, monitoring, or operations (e.g., AIOps platforms, LLM-based automation, copilots for infra/ops workflows).
• Solid scripting/programming ability (Python, Go, or similar) for automation and tooling.
• Demonstrated experience operating and troubleshooting large‑scale, distributed, high‑availability systems.
• Comfortable carrying on‑call responsibilities and driving incidents to resolution under pressure.
• Strong communication skills and experience mentoring other engineers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting live events, auctions, or other high‑traffic consumer platforms.
• Hands‑on experience building or integrating AI/ML pipelines or infrastructure for AI workloads.
• Relevant cloud certifications (AWS or GCP).
• Familiarity with cost optimization and FinOps practices across multi‑cloud environments.

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Los Angeles Salary Range

$144,000 — $180,000 USD