Staff Platform Engineer: AWS, Kubernetes & CI/CD Lead

Fanatics Betting & Gaming; United States; Remote; USD 148,000 - 201,000; 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 lead complex initiatives across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, and internal developer tooling to power Fanatics’ global software ecosystem.

You will operate with autonomy, shaping standards, and driving reliability, scalability, and developer productivity across regions, with the role collaborating with teams in the UK, Ireland, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering.
• Proficiency with Python and Java.
• 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 across regions.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical design and delivery of core platform capabilities across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, Observability, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
• Architect, build, and operate cloud-native platforms on AWS with reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead evolution of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based workflows.
• Build and maintain internal platform services and tooling to improve developer experience and delivery velocity.
• Promote Infrastructure as Code and automation across teams.
• Collaborate with application teams to unblock delivery and align platforms with developer needs.
• Lead cross-team initiatives and provide clarity in ambiguous spaces.
• Improve operational excellence through observability, automation, and incident response.
• Mentor engineers and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

8+ years experience

Python

Java

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Terraform

AWS

High availability systems

cross-region communication

Tools

Terraform

AWS

GitOps

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 lead complex initiatives across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, and internal developer tooling to power Fanatics’ global software ecosystem.

You will operate with autonomy, shaping standards, and driving reliability, scalability, and developer productivity across regions, with the role collaborating with teams in the UK, Ireland, and