Platform Engineer III

Overview

As Fanatics Betting & Gaming (FBG) accelerates Fanatics' mission to build the ultimate digital sports platform, the Platform Engineer role is foundational to empowering our software engineering teams. As a Platform Engineer at FBG, you'll play a critical role enhancing the productivity, reliability, and scalability of our engineering practices. Your work directly supports the entire engineering organization, ensuring the seamless operation and continuous improvement of our real-time, high-performance systems.

This role combines infrastructure expertise, software engineering principles, and strategic insight to foster a robust engineering ecosystem. You’ll champion DevOps culture, streamline development workflows, enhance system resilience, and provide the essential tools and automation needed for our software engineers to deliver innovative, market-leading products.

On the engineering side, we're pioneering the use of AI as a code collaborator. We need engineers who have gone beyond experimentation—who actively use Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools to ship production code faster while maintaining exceptional quality standards. If you have strong opinions about AI-augmented development workflows backed by real experience, we want to talk with you.

Responsibilities

• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development velocity while maintaining code quality standards
• Establish and document team standards for AI tool usage (prompt patterns, code review checklists, validation strategies)
• Measure and report on AI tool ROI through concrete metrics (PR velocity, bug rates, test coverage)
• Identify and prevent common AI-generated code pitfalls (over-abstraction, missing edge cases, security vulnerabilities)
• Architect, build, and maintain highly available and scalable platform infrastructure to support our engineering teams.
• Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and developer tooling to streamline deployments, improve code quality, and enhance team productivity.
• Enhance platform security, implementing best practices to ensure compliance and safeguard the integrity of our systems.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, product teams, and quant analysts to understand requirements and proactively deliver solutions that accelerate product development and innovation.
• Drive continuous improvements to operational processes, platform reliability, documentation, monitoring, and alerting systems.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, sharing knowledge, and promoting best practices across teams.
• Support and enhance system observability through effective monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting strategies.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for adoption of new tools and techniques that align with our platform strategy.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, ensuring platform stability and providing critical support for operational incidents.
• Occasionally travel for essential offsite meetings, special events, or collaborative team sessions.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of proven experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles .
• Application development experience (fullstack preferred).
• Strong technical expertise in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred), infrastructure automation, and container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred).
• Demonstrated proficiency in Infrastructure as Code systems such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Experience implementing and maintaining mature CI/CD release pipelines.
• Proficiency with programming and scripting languages (Java and Python preferred; Golang is a bonus).
• Experience with observability tooling, chaos testing, and incident management.
• Excellent influencing, problem-solving, and analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to partner closely with engineering teams.
• Highly outcome-oriented, data-driven, and capable of balancing quality with productivity.
• Strong communication skills, able to effectively collaborate across international teams.
• Positive and flexible attitude, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and embracing new initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) to ship production code
• Can articulate specific examples of AI workflow improvements (e.g., "reduced boilerplate generation time by 40%")
• Has developed personal strategies for validating AI-generated code and identifying common pitfalls
• Can compare at least 2-3 AI tools with concrete pros/cons from actual usage
• Team-first mentality with willingness to jump in wherever needed
• Actively experiments with and optimizes personal development workflow
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-directed problem solver who thrives in ambiguous situations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sports betting industry or genuine interest in sports
• Previous experience in high-growth startup environments
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical community
• Experience with real-money transaction systems and regulatory compliance
• Background in building developer tools or improving engineering productivity
• Experience leading without authority and influencing technical direction across teams

Note on AI Workflow: We're serious about AI-augmented development. During interviews, be prepared to:

• Demo your current AI-assisted workflow
• Discuss specific examples of how you've used AI to solve complex problems
• Share your strategies for ensuring AI-generated code meets production standards

The expected salary range for this role is based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is eligible for the Fanatics Betting and Gaming annual bonus program and an equity award. *Salary range is listed in USD; actual salary will vary based on location. *Salary Range: 128,000 - 252,000 per year (actual salary will be determined in part by a successful candidate’s geographic location). In addition to base salary, bonus, and equity, full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, paid time off, and other benefits like GymPass, Pet Insurance, Family Care Benefits, and more. We’ll also give you $700 to set up your home office!

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.