About The Role
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Platform team based in the United States. Our team is responsible for providing engineering teams with the platform and tooling responsible for deploying and running the core critical services that power the entire Fanatics business. You will play a key role in delivering several initiatives across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, observability, and internal developer tooling.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will design and deliver well-scoped platform projects, breaking requirements into executable work for yourself and your teammates. You will build reliable, extensible systems, own the operational health of the services you run, and lead incident response and root cause analysis to reduce recurring issues. You will communicate plans and technical decisions clearly with cross-functional peers, propose improvements to team tooling and practices, and mentor and onboard other engineers.
What You’ll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable platform services and infrastructure supporting Fanatics’ technology ecosystem.
- Build and improve developer tooling, automation, and CI/CD workflows to streamline software delivery.
- Contribute to observability initiatives, including logging, metrics, and alerting, to improve system reliability and incident response.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform to ensure consistent and secure environments.
- Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed and reliability.
- Partner with application and platform teams to improve performance, scalability, and reliability in cloud-native environments.
- Participate in incident response, post-incident reviews, and reliability improvements.
- Advocate for best practices in infrastructure, software delivery, and operational excellence.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers.
- Continuously learn and apply new technologies and approaches to platform engineering challenges.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong software engineering background with experience in backend systems and distributed architectures.
- Solid understanding of the AWS cloud platform and cloud-native architectures.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling.
- Experience running workloads in Kubernetes and containerized production environments.
- Working knowledge of observability tools and practices, including logging, metrics, and alerting.
- Experience participating in incident management and operational support for production systems.
- Proficiency in Go or Python is preferred.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
- Pragmatic, outcome-oriented mindset focused on delivering reliable platform solutions.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Nice To Have
- Experience scaling services globally
- FinOps or cloud cost management experience
- Regulated or high-availability environment experience
- Experience with Java or Kotlin
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions
- Experience with Kafka and Cassandra
Why Join Us?
- Work on high-impact platform engineering challenges at scale.
- Collaborate with experienced engineers who value technical excellence and innovation.
- Play a key role in shaping the developer experience and operational foundations of Fanatics Core.
- Join a culture that encourages learning, growth, and technical leadership
Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process.
For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
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Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual offer is confirmed. In addition to the base and bonus, full-time employment, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
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Skills Required
- Strong software engineering background with experience in backend systems and distributed architectures
- Solid understanding of AWS and cloud-native architectures
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling
- Experience running workloads in Kubernetes and containerized production environments
- Working knowledge of observability practices, including logging, metrics, and alerting
- Experience participating in incident management and operational support for production systems
- Proficiency in Go or Python
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Experience scaling services globally
- FinOps or cloud cost management experience
- Experience in regulated or high-availability environments
- Experience with Java or Kotlin
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions
- Experience with Kafka and Cassandra
Fanatics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fanatics and has not been reviewed or approved by Fanatics.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives like annual bonuses and overtime opportunities are common, supporting higher total compensation especially in corporate roles. Seasonal premiums and performance bonuses are also cited across roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options, mental-health services, and wellness programs are highlighted as core offerings. Additional supports like HSAs/FSAs and condition management further strengthen the health package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave, fertility benefits, adoption assistance, and gender-affirmation coverage are explicitly included. Childcare support and backup care resources are also referenced.
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What We Do
Transforming the licensed sports industry through an innovative vertical e-commerce model that allows Fanatics to quickly design, manufacture and distribute high-quality fan gear across retail channels, better serving the real-time expectations of leagues, teams, fans and retailers in today’s mobile-first, on-demand culture.
Why Work With Us
You don't have to love sports to work here (though we love sports fanatics as well!). Fanatics is an industry leading, multi-billion dollar, international, privately held company with a casual, lofty space in the heart of Downtown Boulder. We have the advantages of a startup, without the pitfalls.
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