Fanatics · 1 day ago
Staff Platform Engineer - Cloud Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expFanatics is focused on creating the ultimate digital sports platform, and they are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to empower their software engineering teams. This role involves leading the transition to Kubernetes, shaping platform foundations, and driving improvements in productivity, reliability, and scalability across their cloud infrastructure.
eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own core platform architecture across compute, networking, identity, and guardrails; delivered as code using Terraform
Architect, build, and maintain highly available, scalable cloud infrastructure that powers all OddsFactory engineering teams
Drive secure-by-default and Zero Trust principles across the platform (least privilege, workload identity/OIDC, policy-as-code, supply-chain hardening)
Design and build CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling that streamline builds, deployments, and iteration speed
Enhance platform security and compliance through automation, best practices, and proactive risk reduction
Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automate the provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle of cloud environments
Foster a metrics-driven culture of operational excellence; mentoring engineers, sharing best practices, and improving documentation
Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure, performance, and scalability issues, ensuring system reliability and optimal performance as the platform grows
Stay current on emerging cloud, platform, and DevOps technologies; advocate for the right tools at the right time
Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform stability for mission-critical trading systems
Occasionally travel for essential offsite meetings, special events, or collaborative team sessions
Qualification
Required
5+ years of proven experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or related modern cloud infrastructure roles
3-5+ Years of experience in software engineering - you write clean code and have experience engineering solutions to complex problem statements
Deep experience cloud-native infrastructure (Azure preferred)
Experience building application platforms that leverage Service Fabric and/or Kubernetes
Experience leveraging Terraform to build and maintain infrastructure at scale
Programming/scripting experience (.NET, PowerShell preferred; Go and Python a plus)
Experience with observability platforms (Datadog preferred) and incident response
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; thrives in close collaboration with engineers and cross-functional partners
Highly outcome-oriented, data-driven, and capable of balancing quality with productivity
Excellent communication skills and experience working with distributed teams
Preferred
Experience designing multi-AZ/region architectures and automated failover patterns
Defined and tested RTO/RPO expectations using DR drills, chaos engineering, and recovery runbooks
Hands-on experience with service mesh technologies (mTLS, traffic shaping, canary/blue-green patterns)
Familiarity with advanced traffic routing, policy enforcement, and cross-cluster communication
Experience with modern packaging and deployment tooling (Helm, Kustomize)
Exposure to GitOps workflows and environment templating (Argo CD a plus)
Familiarity with workload identity (OIDC), least-privilege design, and Zero Trust concepts
Hands on experience implementing secret management patterns (External Secrets, Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS)
Experience applying policy-as-code (OPA, Gatekeeper, Kyverno) to enforce governance at scale
Exposure to high-scale, low-latency, or event-driven systems
Familiarity or previous experience within the sports betting industry or strong interest in sports
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K
Paid time off
GymPass
Pet Insurance
Family Care 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
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
Rochester Business Journal
2025-12-24
2025-12-24
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