Manager Platform Ops Engineering

Overview

Sports Engine is looking for a MANAGER, PLATFORM ENGINEERING to build our next big thing in platform growth across Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango at Home, Sports Engine, and Sports Engine Play. We are looking for a Manager of Platform Engineering to lead a team of platform engineers while maintaining strong technical involvement. This is a player-coach role: you will provide technical guidance, mentor and develop your team members, and contribute hands-on to the design and implementation of our cloud and platform services.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, building for scale, developing talent, and making a measurable impact – we would love to meet you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead and develop a team of platform engineers, providing mentorship, career guidance, and growth opportunities while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture
• Drive and participate in solution architecture and delivery across diverse domains, offering expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and resources, containers (ECS/Kubernetes) and cloud-native architectures
• Develop, enhance, and operate platform capabilities including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, reusable patterns, and automation solutions that enable rapid, reliable, and secure deployments
• Design and implement standardized, reusable cloud infrastructure patterns and templates that help teams adopt best practices while maintaining security and compliance requirements
• Enable the platform team in delivering consistent adoption of software delivery practices and solutions that optimize for fast feedback, observability, and operational excellence
• Evaluate existing standards and practices, identify gaps, and implement improvements to strengthen Development, Security, and Operational practices across the organization
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills through proactive status updates, clear documentation, knowledge sharing, and effective collaboration when facing technical challenges
• Partner closely with engineering teams to understand their needs, refine requirements, and deliver solutions that enhance developer productivity while meeting project objectives
• Manage team priorities and workload, balancing project demands with team capacity and individual development goals
• Collaborate with leadership on roadmap planning, resource allocation, and strategic initiatives for the platform organization
• Work with emerging technologies around AI, MCP, and RAG to drive innovation within the platform space

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure/platform/operations engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership or team lead role
• Strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Python, Terraform, and Git Ops (ArgoCD)
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions or equivalent)
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (Postgres, MySQL)
• Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and developing engineers
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Track record of balancing technical contribution with team leadership responsibilities

• AWS
  
  Certifications:
  
  Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Kubernetes and container orchestration experience
• Familiarity with SRE practices and cloud cost optimization
• Familiarity with Configuration Management (Ansible & Puppet), k9s, Database Engines (Mongo, Postgres, MySQL)
• Background in building or maintaining systems that support highly scalable application environments and event-driven architectures
• Fundamentals of running AI-related services
• Experience with performance management and team development frameworks

Fully Remote: This role has been designated as fully remote, meaning it is expected to be performed from a non-VERSANT worksite, typically an employee's residence.

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