SeatGeek
Senior Software Engineer at SeatGeek
$144,000–$209,000 / year
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- Company
- SeatGeek
- Location
- Remote, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Compensation
- $144,000–$209,000 / year
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Role overview
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SeatGeek is hiring a full-time Senior Software Engineer for its R&D team. This remote role is based in the United States and contributes to technology for ticketing and live-event marketplaces.
You’ll work with a containerized, service-oriented architecture, ship production code frequently, and help address performance and scaling challenges. The work may include marketplace capabilities, data-driven systems, and accessible, polished user interfaces. Engineers also assess technologies, use AI tools within SeatGeek’s technical and product standards, and collaborate across teams and disciplines.
SeatGeek lists an annual salary range of $144,000–$209,000, with equity eligibility and a discretionary annual bonus tied to individual and company performance. Compensation within the range depends on factors including skills, experience, certifications, and location. Benefits include flexible office or fully remote work, a work-from-home stipend, unlimited PTO, up to 16 weeks of paid family leave, 401(k) matching, student loan matching, health, vision, dental, and life insurance, and up to $25,000 for family building, reproductive health services, and gender-affirming care. Additional benefits include $500 annually for wellness, Headspace and Headspace Care subscriptions, One Medical, $360 per quarter for live-event tickets, and an annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music.
Role at a glance: Remote U.S. full-time Senior Software Engineer role at SeatGeek, with a $144,000–$209,000 annual salary range plus equity eligibility and a discretionary bonus.
Responsibilities mentioned in the listing
- Operate and develop within a modern, containerized service-oriented architecture, shipping code to production multiple times a day.
- Address complex performance challenges and build marketplace, data, and scaling capabilities.
- Create performant, polished, inclusive user interfaces that support the user experience and SeatGeek brand.
- Assess technologies and improve the software stack.
- Use AI tools to accelerate development while meeting SeatGeek’s technical and product standards.
- Collaborate across teams and disciplines to develop SeatGeek’s product.
Qualifications stated in the listing
- Experience building business-critical software in a fast-paced environment, with examples of what you have developed.
- Experience resolving complex technical challenges.
- Strong interest in software craftsmanship and product quality, with high standards for your work and code.
- A product-oriented approach that considers user experience and business impact in addition to implementation.
- Enjoy working with teammates from varied backgrounds, and value both mentoring others and learning from them.
Full details from the source listing
SeatGeek believes live events are powerful experiences that unite humans. With our technological savvy and fan-first attitude we’re simplifying and modernizing the ticketing industry.
SeatGeek is a technology innovator on a mission to disrupt the $300 billion ticketing industry. We have the product, vision, and team to make life better for performers, venues, and fans, and build a generational consumer brand in the process. All we’re missing is you.
We are looking for Software Engineers with varying levels of experience to join SeatGeek’s R&D team.
What you'll do
- Run a modern, containerized service-oriented architecture using industry-leading software development practices
- Ship code to production many times a day
- Solve complex performance problems, build a many-sided marketplace, empower a data-driven business and scale our software to support our booming business
- Build performant, beautiful, inclusive user interfaces that delight our users and enhance our brand
- Evaluate new technologies and improve our software stack to keep our technological edge
- Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to bring ideas to life faster than ever while upholding SeatGeek’s technical and product standards; no token limits
- Work across team and discipline boundaries to develop the best product in our industry
What you have
- Experience building business critical software in a fast-paced environment. We'll be interested in hearing about what you've built and how
- Experience solving complex technical challenges. SeatGeek engineers create custom solutions to unique ticketing problems, including high traffic onsales, interactive venue maps, inventory tracking, and event matching. We'll be excited to hear about challenging problems you've solved
- Passion for software craftsmanship and product. You have well-considered opinions about how software should work, and hold yourself and your code to a high standard
- A product mindset. You think beyond the code, about user experience, business impact, and what makes a great product tick
- Commitment to your teammates. You enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different experiences and take pride in mentoring and learning from others
Our stack
You do not need experience with any of these, but we thought you might be curious. What we care about is your experience, skills, and approach to problem solving. Tools can be learned.
- Languages: Python (FastAPI), Go, C# (.NET Core), React+Typescript, Swift, Kotlin
- Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Datadog, Gitlab
- Datastores: Aurora (Postgres), ElastiCache (Memcached), OpenSearch, DynamoDB
- Streaming & workflows: Kafka, Flink, Airflow, Temporal
Perks
- Equity stake
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you’d like or 100% remotely
- A WFH stipend to support your home office setup
- Unlimited PTO
- Up to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave
- 401(k) matching
- Student loan matching program
- Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
- Up to $25k towards family building, reproductive health services and Gender-affirming care
- $500 per year for wellness expenses
- Subscriptions to Headspace (meditation), Headspace Care (therapy), and One Medical
- $360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events
- Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music
The salary range for this role is $144,000 - $209,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages within that range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.
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