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Original Job Post

Fanatics · 2 days ago

Staff Platform Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Lead key projects within the team’s roadmap, comprising platform-focused enablement technologies and tools, including distributed cloud infrastructure, containerized workloads, databases, messaging, networking, source-control, CI/CD, security.

Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that align with GitOps principles.

Work on observability systems that enable holistic platform observability and drive down incident response and resolution times.

Drive high quality engineering products by supporting automated testing and performance testing capabilities, integrated with the software development lifecycle

Create tooling that empowers developers to focus on value-added activities and product differentiation.

Measure Developer Experience KPIs, solicit and incorporate internal user feedback to ensure productivity tooling meets the needs of our developers and drive results.

Evangelize internal products and tooling to drive adoption within the organization.

Drive operational excellence and incident management practices that ensure the high availability of the Fan Ecosystem platform and applications.

Build strong relationships with stakeholders on partner teams, inside and outside of Engineering, and collaborate to achieve goals.

Provide leadership and technical expertise within the engineering team. Be a mentor and role model for Engineering.

Help development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of the engineering strategy.

Define, gather and present KPIs and project status to key stakeholders.

Remain current on technology and trends in engineering and cloud technologies.

Help grow our team, by actively participating in recruiting activities.

Must be open to occasional travel to events and Fanatics offices for various offsite and team meetings.

Qualification

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Distributed systems designCloud platforms24x7 reliabilitySoftware developmentScripting languagesJavaPythonGitOpsInfrastructure As CodeTerraformCloudFormationFlux CDNetwork fundamentalsCICD systemsDeployment strategiesCloud-based IAMRBACObservability toolingIncident managementDocumentation practicesRoot cause analysisIntegration of 3rd-party systemsProblem-solvingCommunicationInfluencingFlexibilityInitiativeCollaborationOutcome-orientedAWS

Required

5+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting distributed systems and large-scale cloud platforms in production with a proven track record of 24x7 reliability

2+ years of experience developing software in a distributed systems environment (back end preferred)

Proficiency with scripting and programming languages. Java and Python are preferred

Proficiency in GitOps practices and Infrastructure As Code systems (such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Flux CD)

Proficiency of network fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, routing, HTTP/S, websockets, gateways, proxies, load balancing, traffic control)

Experience building CICD systems and with multiple deployment strategies

Experience with cloud-based identity and access management (IAM), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Authentication/Authorization systems

Experience with observability tooling and incident management

Demonstrated affinity for documentation-first engineering practices

Excellent communication, including influencing and problem-resolution skills

Demonstrated ability to partner closely with engineering teams and implement appropriate tools and practices that balance quality with productivity

Positive and flexible attitude to work in a fast-paced environment and a willingness to embrace new initiatives

High personal initiative. A desire to seek out problems, learn quickly, and apply solutions proactively and fearlessly

Highly outcome-oriented and data-driven

In-depth root cause analysis of low-level incidents spanning multiple connected systems

Ability to integrate 3rd-party systems into a cohesive development platform

Preferred

Experience in AWS cloud-native environment is preferred

Experience with Github actions and workflows is a bonus

Experience with integrating feature experimentation with software delivery is a bonus

Experience with chaos testing is a bonus

Experience with distributed organizations preferred

Company

Fanatics

Glassdoor

3.5

Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.

Founded in 2002

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

10,001+ employees

http://www.fanaticsinc.com

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