Fanatics · 2 days ago
Platform Engineer III
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$145K/yr - $190K/yr
2+ years expFanatics is a leading sports merchandise company, and they are seeking a Platform Engineer III to build and operate their platform infrastructure. The role involves hands-on engineering, contributing to developer tooling, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of systems.
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Responsibilities
Implement and maintain platform infrastructure and services that support Fanatics’ technology ecosystem
Contribute to developer tooling, automation, and CI/CD workflows to improve developer productivity
Assist with improving observability through logging, metrics, and alerts for platform systems
Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Contribute to CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance
Support services running in cloud-native and containerized environments
Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and follow-up remediation work
Learn and apply best practices related to reliability, security, and operational excellence
Collaborate with teammates and partner teams to deliver platform improvements
Continuously build technical skills and understanding of platform engineering concepts
Qualification
Required
2+ Years of Experience as a software engineer working on backend systems or infrastructure-related projects
Familiarity with cloud platforms; AWS experience is a plus
Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Basic experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration concepts; experience with Kubernetes is a plus
Understanding of observability concepts such as logging and monitoring
Interest in reliability, automation, and improving developer experience
Proficiency in at least one backend programming language; Go or Python preferred
Strong desire to learn, grow, and take on increasing responsibility
Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within a team
Preferred
AWS experience is a plus
Experience with Kubernetes is a plus
Go or Python preferred
Benefits
Home office setup stipend
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
J
Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
Recent News
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