Senior Software Engineer, SeatGeek
Business Technology
$144-209k
+ Equity + Discretionary annual bonus
Ticketing platform for live events
Be an early applicant
Ticketing platform for live events
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$144-209k
+ Equity + Discretionary annual bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power a new, open entertainment industry where fans have effortless access to experiences, and team, venues, and shows have seamless access to their audiences.
Role
Who you are
- 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. Biz Tech engineers at SeatGeek create custom solutions to unique problems, including complex real-time data integrations, powerful and scaled agentic workflows, and AI enabled automation. 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
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- The Biz Tech team is charged with unlocking the power of the strongest team in the industry. We help everyone at SeatGeek deliver their absolute best work through better tools and automation. All we’re missing is you
- Run a modern, containerized service-oriented architecture using industry-leading software development practices
- Ship code to production many times a day
- Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to bring ideas to life faster than ever while upholding SeatGeek’s technical and product standards; no token limits
- Translate the advanced patterns defined in R&D into scalable applications / features for the broader, non-technical workforce at SeatGeek and spread adoption
- Design and scale foundations to promote and extend effective & impactful use of AI and agentic workflows across SeatGeek
- Build powerful and performant tools and integrations between systems that generate efficiency for teams across the business, leveraging AI in the most impactful places
- Guide / steer non-technical users towards greater building capabilities with increasingly robust system architecture + feature sets
- Evaluate new technologies and improve our software stack to keep our technological edge. Ensure our stack of AI tools is maximized for effectiveness + impact
- Work across team and discipline boundaries to develop the best product in our industry
Our take
For many fans, buying tickets online can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. SeatGeek is setting out to ease this problem by powering an open entertainment industry that provides fans with greater access to experiences, while enabling teams, venues, and shows to have seamless access to their audiences.
SeatGeek launched with a laser-sharp focus on creating a customer-oriented ticketing marketplace for sports and live events. Its commitment to optimizing fan experience has helped distinguish the company from rivals, such as Ticketmaster and Live Nation, with its expanding suite of simple features that have made it the highest-rated and most trusted ticketer.
SeatGeek has secured integration partnerships with Facebook, Spotify and Snapchat, and has an impressive client list that includes the Dallas Cowboys, Manchester City FC, and the Brooklyn Nets. It continues to onboard enterprise clients, expand its international presence and release new products such as "Next Fan Up", positioning it well for future success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Aug 2022
$238m
SERIES E
Apr 2017
$77.8m
SERIES D
Total funding: $419m
Company benefits
- Benefits: We provide access to high-quality health insurance coverage, ample paid time off, and a matching 401k program.
- Parental leave: Congrats on welcoming a bundle of joy into your life! We offer 16 weeks of leave in a 12-month period.
- Subscriptions: Health and wellness are incredibly important so we cover employee subscriptions to services like One Medical, Ginger.io and Headspace.
- Team events: Regular virtual team hangs & happy hours are essential, especially while we’re all working remotely. We also put our typical day-to-day work aside for company-wide hackathons 3-4 times per year.
- Ticket perk: SeatGeek employees receive a monthly ticket-purchase stipend for live events!
- Flexible work environment: 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.
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Jack Groetzinger
(Co-Founder & CEO)Jack is also a Founding Partner at Founder Creative. Previously, he founded Scribnia and worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company.
Russell D'Souza
(Co-Founder)Previously, Russell co-founded Scribnia and worked as an Analyst at Monitor Group.
Eric Waller
(Co-Founder & CTO)Eric previously co-founded Niqos where he worked as a Web Developer for 3 years. He also served as a Web Developer at Tickerhound and as a User Experience Engineer at Amie Street.
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