Hybrid Software Engineer III – Platform

at Fanatics, Inc.

• Job title: Software Engineer III – Platform
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Grafana, Java, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Python, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United Kingdom

About the role

• Software Engineer III developing platforms for a real-money prediction and trading app. Designing core infrastructure and ensuring system stability while mentoring mid-level engineers.

Responsibilities

• Implement team-level standards for AI-augmented development, utilizing prompt engineering and validation frameworks to increase velocity without sacrificing code quality.
• Identify and mitigate AI-generated code pitfalls, such as security vulnerabilities or over-abstraction, and assist in tracking team productivity metrics.
• Design, build, and maintain highly available cloud-native infrastructure, ensuring the platform scales reliably with our growing user base.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling to eliminate friction in the software delivery lifecycle.
• Implement and maintain platform security safeguards and compliance standards to protect the integrity of the firm’s systems.
• Contribute to the system observability roadmap by implementing monitoring, tracing, and alerting to ensure high operational reliability.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to translate technical requirements into scalable platform solutions.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, lead incident response for team-owned services, and advocate for modern engineering best practices.

Requirements

• 5 plus years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or backend engineering, with a track record of building scalable, cloud-native environments (AWS/Kubernetes).
• Strong proficiency in using AI collaborators (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) to ship production code and an ability to optimize personal development workflows.
• Ability to evaluate AI-generated code for security gaps or architectural "hallucinations" and implement rigorous testing strategies.
• Strong hands-on experience with IaC frameworks such as **Terraform**, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• High proficiency in Java and Python (Golang is a plus). You should be comfortable bridging the gap between infrastructure and application logic.
• Experience building mature CI/CD pipelines and working with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
• Proven ability to take ownership of complex projects in a fast-paced environment, balancing speed with architectural health.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with distributed engineering and product teams.

Benefits

• Fully remote candidates based in the United Kingdom
• Home office setup stipend