Senior Application Security Engineer, SeatGeek
$130-240k
Ticketing platform for live events
Job no longer available
Ticketing platform for live events
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$130-240k
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
- You’ve worked in an AppSec role and have a solid understanding of security fundamentals
- You’re proficient in one or more coding languages (Python, C#, Go) i.e you can code and perform security code reviews
- You’re experienced in working with highly technical engineering teams
- You have performed threat modeling and architectural review for years
- You like bug hunting and penetration testing (bonus points if you share your Bugcrowd/HackerOne profiles)
- Experience in AWS is a plus
- Experienced contributing to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc.)
What the job involves
- As a Senior Application Security Engineer, you’ll partner with product teams to help improve the security posture and design of both our enterprise and consumer-facing products
- You'll be part of a team developing a modern AppSec program with a highly automated approach to security coupled with a collaborative approach to working with Engineering partners
- As a foundational member of this team, you will have a huge impact on the product roadmap, and in building a trusting relationship with the engineering community
- Provide security guidance to engineering teams on new products and technologies
- Taking ownership and driving the application security and privacy initiatives
- Perform threat modeling and architecture review on upcoming features and products
- Perform regular security assessments through penetration testing and code reviews of SeatGeek products
- Encourage and train developers in secure coding practices
- Develop security features in our product and scale security tools and processes through automation
- Protect SeatGeek from bot attacks by tuning our edge protection and implementing app level protections
- Continuously improve the Application Security Program and actively take part influencing its roadmap
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
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Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Aug 2022
$238m
SERIES E
Apr 2017
$76.5m
SERIES D
Total funding: $417.6m
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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