Staff Platform Engineer, Fanatics Markets - UK

fanaticsfbg; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

fanaticsfbg is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to set technical direction for its core infrastructure, blending hands-on coding with systems design across AWS and Kubernetes.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development tools, scalable cloud-native infrastructure, secure and compliant platform capabilities, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in platform engineering or DevOps.
• Expert use of AI coding collaborators to ship production code, with measurable improvements to workflows.
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs across AI tools and validation strategies that catch issues like security gaps or over-abstraction.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Strong programming in Java and Python, with Golang as a plus.
• Experience building mature CI/CD pipelines and implementing observability, chaos testing, and incident management practices.
• Self-directed leader with strong cross-team communication and a mentoring mindset.

Responsibilities

• Define organization-wide standards for integrating AI coding assistants, including prompt patterns and validation frameworks.
• Identify and mitigate risks from AI-generated code such as security flaws and over-abstraction, quantified via PR velocity and quality metrics.
• Lead the design and evolution of highly available, scalable cloud-native infrastructure serving multiple engineering teams.
• Architect CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling that reduce friction across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Act as a subject matter expert for platform security, implementing safeguards aligned with regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Drive the observability roadmap across monitoring, tracing, and alerting, and serve as a technical liaison between engineering, product, and quantitative groups.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

AWS

Kubernetes

Java

Python

Golang

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

AI coding assistants

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Role overview

A real-money prediction and trading platform covering sports, entertainment, and current events is hiring a Staff Platform Engineer to set technical direction for its core infrastructure. The role blends deep hands-on engineering with systems-level design, partnering with senior engineers, managers, and product leaders to deliver resilient, secure, and compliant platform capabilities at scale. The team is actively adopting AI-assisted development tools and expects engineers to use them to ship production-grade code with rigor.

Responsibilities

• Define organization-wide standards for integrating AI coding assistants, including prompt patterns and validation frameworks that protect architectural integrity.
• Identify and mitigate risks from AI-generated code such as security flaws and over-abstraction, quantifying impact through PR velocity and quality metrics.
• Lead the design and evolution of highly available, scalable cloud-native infrastructure serving multiple engineering teams.
• Architect CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling that reduce friction across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Act as a subject matter expert for platform security, implementing safeguards aligned with regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Drive the observability roadmap across monitoring, tracing, and alerting, and serve as a technical liaison between engineering, product, and quantitative groups.

Requirements

• 8+ years in platform engineering or DevOps with a track record of architecting scalable, high-availability environments on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Expert use of AI coding collaborators (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to ship production code, with measurable improvements to personal and team workflows.
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs across AI tools and design validation strategies that catch issues like security gaps or over-abstraction.
• Deep proficiency with infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Strong programming in Java and Python (Golang a plus), with enough full-stack exposure to bridge infrastructure and application layers.
• Experience building mature CI/CD pipelines and implementing observability, chaos testing, and incident management practices.
• Self-directed leader comfortable in ambiguous settings, with strong cross-team communication and a mentoring mindset.

Nice to have

• Background in high-growth startup environments, open-source contributions, or developer productivity tooling.
• Experience with real-money transaction systems, betting or trading platforms, and regulatory compliance.
• Track record of leading without formal authority across distributed, international teams.

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote within the United Kingdom, with eligibility for a home office setup stipend.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.