Senior Platform Engineer

Overview 

As Sr. Engineer at Fanatics Holdings Inc. (FHI), you are here to help scale out our Fan Ecosystem Platform Engineering team. This role reports to our Director of Platform Engineering and is responsible for defining, designing and executing against our engineering strategy, creating processes, building systems and tools, mentoring other engineers and cultivating partnerships across the organization. The Sr. Engineer will have a broad scope of engagement with cloud technologies, site reliability and delivery excellence practices, and self-service/enablement tooling.

Responsibilities

• Execute on 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.
• Help development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of the engineering strategy.
• Track and present 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.

Qualifications

• 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

If you possess some of these skills but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!

The expected salary range for this role is based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is eligible for the Fanatics annual bonus program and an equity award. *Salary range is listed in USD; ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics. *Salary Range: $144,000 to $282,000 (Salary range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual offer is confirmed). In addition to the base, bonus, and equity, full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, paid time off, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/