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Fractal

NFT marketplace for blockchain gaming assets

Cloud Platform Engineer

Full-Time
$132k - $175k+ Discretionary bonus
Senior
Bachelor's
California, USA
In Person
DevOps & InfrastructureCloud Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Strong experience in AWS architecture and administration in production environments.
  • Solid experience with cloud networking and security, specifically AWS VPCs, Security Groups, NACLs, and IAM roles.
  • Deep understanding of CI/CD using tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or AWS CodeCommit.
  • Expertise in Terraform for automated infrastructure provisioning.
  • Experience writing production-quality code in Python and SQL.
  • Experience building and maintaining distributed platforms that handle high volumes of data.
  • Strong platform-level design, architecture, implementation, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Good understanding of enterprise patterns and best practices for data engineering and data science use cases at scale.
  • Experience with containers, preferably AWS ECS and/or Kubernetes.
  • Experience building, deploying, and managing Lambda functions within a private VPC.
  • Experience with observability and monitoring using AWS CloudWatch, Insights, and CloudTrail.
  • Experience with Argo CD for deploying container applications.
  • Deep understanding of DevOps toolsets needed for mature DevSecOps implementation.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 7 years of experience as a platform engineer, cloud engineer, or in a similar role.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture.
  • Proficiency in Terraform, Argo, Lambda, ECS, ECR, and CloudWatch.
  • Expertise in Python and Git.
  • Ability to lead a team of engineers and plan user stories.
  • Ability to interact with clients and advise them, communicating with technical and non-technical client groups.
Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and test cloud infrastructure using DevOps best practices.
  • Use Terraform and Argo to automate and orchestrate cloud resources.
  • Develop and deploy serverless applications using Lambda and ECS.
  • Manage and monitor cloud services using ECR and CloudWatch.
  • Write clean and efficient code in Python and use Git for version control.
  • Collaborate with other engineers and stakeholders to deliver high-quality products.
  • Build and maintain a scalable and reliable cloud platform.
  • Hold bi-weekly open office hours for customers to address questions and issues.
  • Resolve bugs in the codebase and AWS infrastructure.
  • Enhance the Airflow orchestration utility in AWS, including upgrading Airflow, increasing the detail of generated logs and errors, and integrating configurable Slack alerting via Apprise.
  • Document existing code and processes in DP Confluence pages, covering the dbt, SageMaker, Verify-deps, load-Snowflake, Run-SQL, Extract-bigquery, Tableau-refresh, and API-ingestion utilities.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working with and managing tools, services, or products such as Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, and SageMaker.
  • Experience working with AWS data services or platforms.
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, or other Scrum and document-management tools.

About the company

Fractal.is operates a blockchain-based marketplace for gaming NFTs where developers can list games and in-game assets and players can buy, sell, and trade unique digital items. The platform supports minting and secondary sales of NFTs, with transactions generating revenue through commissions. It emphasizes community engagement through channels like Discord and Twitter to drive listing activity and user retention. Compared to others, Fractal.is specializes in the gaming sector, aggregating multiple games and assets under one marketplace, and focuses on building a connected metaverse ecosystem for developers and gamers. Its goal is to grow a active, trusted marketplace that enables true ownership of digital assets and vibrant participation in the gaming/NFT space.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$35.2M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Stash still shows live product activity, with Fractal docs updated January 2026.
  • GamesBeat reported over 121 NFT collections across 85 games launched by June 2025.
  • Polygon integration in September 2024 widened distribution beyond Solana and attracted strategic investment.

What critics are saying

  • Web3 products sat in a holding pattern during 2024, undermining the original NFT thesis.
  • Stash must beat Shopify, Xsolla, and Unity-backed commerce tools by 2027.
  • If game studios skip direct web shops, Stash's transaction take-rate model dies.

What makes Fractal unique

  • Justin Kan pivoted Fractal into Stash in January 2024, targeting game commerce directly.
  • Stash offers white-label web shops, dynamic pricing, loyalty, and player-owned storefronts.
  • Its Fractal heritage still gives developer distribution, wallet, launcher, and onramp tooling.

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Benefits

  • Generous PTO
  • Competitive Salary
  • 401k Contributions

Company News

Dealflow
Oct 20th, 2024
Fractal raises $10m in funding

Renfe secured a €78 million contract, while Madrid-based Fractal raised $10 million led by Kayyak Ventures. Oakley Capital acquired a 70% stake in logistics software company Alerce, which has sales of around €12 million and EBITDA between €4 million and €5 million. Other funding news includes Shakers raising €6 million, Cocoon €2 million, and Kalma €1 million. Accenture acquired cybersecurity firm Innotec Security. Nauta led an €8.8 million Series A round in UK-based Spotted Zebra.

VentureBeat
Jun 6th, 2023
Fractal Unveils Fstudio Tools To Make Building Blockchain Games Easier

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Justin Kan’s Fractal is unveiling FStudio, a set of tools that make it easier for game studios to build, market and monetize Web3 games without blockchain expertise.Kan, the cofounder of Twitch who started Fractal in 2021 to build tools for blockchain games, believes that blockchain tech is the best way to get to a player-driven economy. But he said the problem is the gaming industry has become obsessed with talking about that backend technology – turning off players and distracting Web3 startups from the main mission: creating excellent gameplay experiences. To move forward, we need to refocus the conversation on the players, not the tech, Kan said in an interview with GamesBeat.“In the last eight months or so, we’ve been working on a bunch of features that help empower the next wave of developers for Web3 gaming,” Kan said. “We call it FStudio. We’re solving the problems that we learned from talking to developers

Decrypt
Jun 6th, 2023
Twitch Co-Founder's Fractal Launches Tools to Help Devs Build NFT Games

Gaming-centric Web3 startup and NFT marketplace Fractal has announced Fractal Studio, or FStudio, a three-part product the firm says will enable video game developers to more easily add crypto integrations into their titles without having to code.

Tingbits
May 11th, 2023
Mojo Melee: Planet Mojo's Epic Autobattler Now Live on Fractal

Mojo Melee introduces a unique collaboration with Fractal in addition to the open beta qualifier.

Decrypt
Jan 24th, 2023
Twitch Co-Founder’s Solana Gaming Platform Fractal Expands to Polygon - Decrypt

Fractal co-founder Justin Kan tells Decrypt that many game developers "want to be on Polygon" as the platform expands.