Fanatics · 5 days ago
Staff Platform Engineer
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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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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
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
H1B Sponsorship
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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
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