Staff Platform Engineer – Core

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Oversee the comprehensive execution of intricate initiatives from architecture and design through to deployment and ongoing enhancement.

• Spearhead the design, upkeep, and implementation of scalable platform services, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure that supports Fanatics’ technology ecosystem.

• Contribute to initiatives aimed at improving observability through logging, metrics, and alerting, enhancing reliability and incident response.

• Collaborate with application and platform teams to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability in cloud-native settings.

• Engage in incident response, conduct post-incident reviews, and work on reliability enhancements.

• Promote best practices in infrastructure, software delivery, and operational excellence.

• Offer technical guidance and mentorship to fellow engineers.

• Acquire and apply new technologies and methodologies to address platform engineering challenges.

• Shape technical strategies and elevate standards for code quality, reliability, and observability.

• Design comprehensive systems and services, collaborate on planning and roadmaps, and mentor team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in successfully leading complex initiatives while steering team strategy.

• Proven ability to decompose intricate work into clear, achievable milestones and deliver consistently using agile methodologies.

• Strong foundation in software engineering, with a focus on backend development and distributed systems.

• In-depth knowledge of AWS and cloud-native architectures.

• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and CloudFormation, along with automation skills.

• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and developer productivity tools.

• Extensive knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration in production settings.

• Solid understanding of observability, including logging, metrics, and tracing.

• Experience in incident management and operational best practices for large-scale systems.

• Proficiency in Go or Python.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.

• Understanding of platform security concepts.

• Ability to collaborate across teams, convey complex topics clearly, and influence engineering best practices.

• Outcome-driven mindset focused on practical engineering challenges.

• Positive and adaptable attitude suited for a dynamic environment.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving atmosphere.

• Nice to have: experience in scaling services globally; knowledge of FinOps or cloud cost management; exposure to regulated or high-availability environments; familiarity with Java or Kotlin; experience with GitHub Actions; knowledge of Kafka and Cassandra.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment includes a base salary and bonus.

• In-person onboarding and cultural immersion may be offered through Launching into Better: LIVE.

• A culture that promotes learning, growth, and technical leadership.

• Opportunity to work on high-impact platform engineering challenges at scale.

• Collaborate with seasoned engineers.

• Benefits information is available at https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.