Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Core
at Fanaticsfbg
New York, NY, United States, onsite, senior, full time, USD 2,20,000–2,75,000 / year
posted 16 Oct 2026
- Java
- CloudFormation
- Cassandra
- Go
- Kafka
- Kotlin
- GitHub Actions
- Terraform
- CI/CD
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Python
About the role
We are looking for a Sr Staff Platform Engineer to join our Platform team based in the United States. Our team is responsible for providing engineering teams with the platform and tooling responsible for deploying and running the core critical services that power the entire Fanatics business. You will own and lead complex initiatives across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD systems, observability, and internal developer tooling.
As a Senior Staff Platform Engineer, you will be the technical lead for our platform team, owning the technical direction and priorities across every area of our platform. You will lead large, high-impact programs that span quarters, working through ambiguity and dependencies with the engineering teams that build on our platform to align technical and business goals. You will stay hands-on in the hardest technical work, set the standards for how our platform is designed, built, and operated, and shape the capabilities that engineering teams rely on to ship and run their services. You will regularly present ideas to senior leaders and mentor engineers across the team.
What you would do
- Help drive technical design and delivery of core platform capabilities spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, Observability, CI/CD systems, and developer tooling
- Lead end-to-end execution of complex, multi-quarter features and systems, from architecture and design through deployment and continuous refinement.
- Partner with other engineering teams to improve reliability, scalability, and performance of services running in cloud-native environments.
- Contribute to incident response and resolution, helping to drive improvements in availability and system stability.
- Advocate for best practices in software delivery, infrastructure management, and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong engineering culture within the team.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, bringing innovative solutions to the team.
What they are looking for
- Proven experience successfully leading and delivering complex cross-team, multi-quarter initiatives.
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