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Staff Platform Engineer, Data Storage - Core

Fanatics Betting & Gaming · New York, NY, United States

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
65 days
Fanatics Betting & Gaming's roles stay open a median of 64 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
9% of Fanatics Betting & Gaming's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Fanatics Betting & Gaming
high
60 stale, 6 reposted of 76 open
Hiring momentum
123 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-08

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Fanatics Betting & Gaming's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Fanatics Betting & Gaming.

About this role

The Staff Platform Engineer for Data Storage at Fanatics will lead initiatives related to the company's data infrastructure, focusing on PostgreSQL databases and Kafka streaming platforms. This role involves ensuring database reliability, mentoring engineers, and developing self-service tools for product teams. The engineer will also handle incident response and represent the Platform Storage team in cross-organizational projects.

Our read on this posting2.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Fanatics Betting & Gaming as an employer.

What you need

  • 8+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or database engineering
  • Deep hands-on production experience running PostgreSQL (RDS) at scale
  • Strong experience operating Kafka (MSK or self-managed) in production
  • Strong SQL fluency
  • Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform)
  • Experience owning production database reliability across multiple downstream teams

Nice to have

  • Experience with GitOps-managed Kubernetes operators (Strimzi or equivalent)
  • MongoDB or DynamoDB operational experience
  • Experience with pgbouncer, connection pooling, and query-level performance diagnostics
  • Prior work on platform cost optimization initiatives at multi-cluster scale
  • Exposure to regulated or high-availability environments (gaming, fintech, or similar)

Worth weighing

  • Salary range provided is $172,800 — $216,000 USD
  • No specific benefits listed in the posting
  • The role requires strong cross-team communication, indicating a collaborative work environment

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Listed by Fanatics Betting & Gaming on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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