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Fanatics · 1 day ago

Platform Engineer III

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityEntry, Mid Level
money$145K/yr - $190K/yr
date2+ years exp

Fanatics 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.

eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

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

Infrastructure as CodeCI/CD pipelinesCloud platformsContainerizationBackend programmingDesire to learnCommunicationTeam collaboration

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

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Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
dateFounded in 2002
location
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.fanaticsinc.com

H1B Sponsorship

Fanatics has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$4.9B
Key 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

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Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
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Michael Mahan
CEO

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