Platform Engineer

Organization Overview:
The Florida Panthers enter their 33rd season in 2026-27 as one of the National Hockey League’s premier franchises. As back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in 2024 and 2025, the Cats have emerged victorious in 11 of their past 12 postseason series and have captured four Eastern Conference championships. The Panthers are led by President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Bill Zito entering his seventh season, and President of Business Operations Michael White who begins his first full season.

As the NHL’s southernmost team, the Panthers operate four facilities in Broward County, Florida: Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise; the Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs; the state-of-the-art Baptist Health IcePlex in Fort Lauderdale; and the renovated War Memorial Auditorium, which hosts concerts and events for the South Florida faithful year-round.

An organization with deep roots in the community, the Panthers are owned by Vincent J. Viola, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Emphasizing a culture of selfless service both on and off the ice, the Panthers pillar program, “Heroes Among Us,” honors a United States military veteran at every game. The Florida Panthers Foundation focuses on four core pillars: veterans’ affairs; children’s health and education; raising awareness for the endangered Florida Panther; and growing youth hockey throughout the region. The Panthers remain committed to empowering our fans to live sustainably and to strengthen the resiliency of our diverse communities throughout Florida and the tri-county area.

 

Job Title: Platform Engineer
Department: Panther Insights
Reports To:  Director, Business Intelligence
FLSA: Exempt
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Florida Panthers Hockey Club

 

Position Overview

We are seeking a Platform Engineer with 1–3 years of experience to join our Data Science team and help build the backend infrastructure that powers our internal AI applications, automations, and data products. Operating 100% on-site at our Sunrise offices, you will work hands-on with our AWS-based platform — designing the services, pipelines, and orchestration logic that the rest of the engineering team builds upon. While we value experience with applied AI or cloud infrastructure, we are primarily looking for a strong engineering foundation with elite Python skills; if you bring the technical horsepower, we will provide the industry context and the platform to see your work directly support a championship organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in Python that run on our AWS infrastructure (ECS/Fargate, SQS, RDS, Lambda) and serve as the foundation for AI applications across the organization.
• Architect and contribute to data pipelines that move information between Redshift, internal applications, and AI agents, ensuring our infrastructure is efficient, reliable, and scalable.
• Extend our internal AI agent platform by writing services that support agents, integrations, and orchestration logic for use cases across every revenue-generating department.
• Build and manage cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform, transforming manual configuration into production-grade, repeatable deployments.
• Establish and maintain monitoring, logging, and cost-tracking practices to guarantee the reliability and efficiency of all production services.
• Build and maintain automated deployment pipelines (CI/CD) and participate in code reviews and architectural discussions with the broader engineering team.
• Collaborate closely with the Automation Engineer and Product Engineer on shared services and integration points that span the full stack.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 1–3 years of experience in backend engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, or a similar infrastructure-intensive role.
• Solid proficiency in Python, with a focus on writing maintainable, production-ready code for backend services.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating services on a major cloud platform; AWS strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., Postgres, Redshift) and SQL.
• Experience with version control (Git), Docker, and Linux command-line environments.
• Ability to work full-time, on-site at our Sunrise, FL offices. This role is based 100% in-person to support close collaboration with the broader BI team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with workflow orchestration (e.g., Prefect) and event-driven architectures using message queues.
• Exposure to LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, or AI agent frameworks.
• Experience building and maintaining REST APIs or other service interfaces consumed by internal applications.
• A passion for sports analytics or previous experience within the sports and entertainment industry.

Team & Environment

You will join a lean, fast-moving Data Science team where creativity and speed are essential. We operate in a championship-winning environment that is structured yet agile; you will often be given open-ended business problems that require you to be both the architect and the builder of the solution. We are looking for a teammate who is eager to apply technical craft to the exciting world of professional sports.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time salaried (exempt) position. This role is 100% in-person in our Sunrise Florida offices; remote or hybrid work is not available. Must be able to work flexible hours including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed to support game-day operations.

 

At the Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Arena Operating Company, Panthers IceDen, Sanza Food Service, War Memorial Benefit Corporation, and FLA Team Shop, we strive to make every employee feel valued and respected for who they are and the unique contributions they make. We believe that a diverse and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful company, which is why we aim to infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) into all aspects of our culture and our business.

We welcome all to apply and join our team.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.