Staff Platform Engineer — Core Platform & Cloud Native

Fanatics Commerce; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team based in the UK or Ireland, with collaboration across the UK, Ireland, and the United States to power our global software ecosystem.

You will operate with autonomy, leading complex initiatives across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, and internal tooling, influencing platform architecture and standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering.
• Proficiency with Python and Java; familiarity with Kotlin and Go is a plus.
• 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 effectively across regions.

Responsibilities

• Help drive technical design and delivery of core platform capabilities spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, Observability, CI/CD systems, and developer tooling
• Architect, build, and operate cloud-native platforms on AWS with a focus on reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Lead the evolution of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based workflows.
• Build and maintain internal platform services and tooling that improve developer experience and delivery velocity
• Continue to drive Infrastructure as Code and automation practices across teams
• Partner with application teams to unblock delivery and align platform capabilities with developer needs
• Participate in and/or lead complex, cross-team initiatives and provide technical clarity in ambiguous problem spaces
• Improve operational excellence through observability, automation, and incident response.
• Mentor engineers and participate in on‑call rotations

Skills

Python

Java

Kotlin

Go

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Terraform

AWS

Distributed systems

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team based in the UK or Ireland, with collaboration across the UK, Ireland, and the United States to power our global software ecosystem.

You will operate with autonomy, leading complex initiatives across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, and internal tooling, influencing platform architecture and standards.