Lead Backend Engineer, Gametime
Payments
$209-230k
+ Equity
Last-minute ticket platform
Job no longer available
Last-minute ticket platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$209-230k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To connect people trough incredible shared experiences.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of full-time backend software engineering experience
- 1+ years of experience as a Team/Tech Lead
- Prior experience in the FinTech industry, demonstrating a deep understanding of financial technologies, payment systems, and/or accounting solutions
- Proficiency in at least one backend server language (e.g. Golang, Ruby, Python, Java, C++, C#, Rust, Scala)
- Production experience with database storage systems, SQL (Postgres, MySQL, Cloud Spanner) and/or NoSQL (Mongo, DynamoDB, Bigtable, Cassandra)
- Experience with cloud native technologies
- 4+ years of experience working with a major cloud platform (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
- Experience with containers, microservices architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), serverless, observability
- Experience building high throughput, fault-tolerant, distributed systems
- Experience working in a fully remote team
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and a creative approach
- Ability to clarify ambiguity and work in dynamic fast-paced startup environment
What the job involves
- You will be a pivotal member of the Engineering team that builds and supports client-side applications and backend systems that power the Gametime experience for millions of users
- At Gametime, we prioritize empowering our engineers to take ownership of their code, cultivating a culture centered around testing, code reviews, metrics/observability, experimentation, and operational excellence
- We are committed to fostering a collaborative, enjoyable, and inclusive environment that embraces and values the contribution of diverse ideas
- We are seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to be the first hire for our Payments Team
- This role presents a unique opportunity to shape the trajectory of the team, taking ownership of critical areas including payment processing, supplier payments, fraud detection/prevention, sales tax, and accounting ledger
- Play a pivotal role in the initial discovery phase, leveraging your experience to understand the systems that support our payments and transactions, engaging with stakeholders across departments to understand their needs, and strategically scoping the roadmap and technical changes needed
- Operate in a role with high visibility, responsibility, and autonomy, taking full ownership of all key areas for the team
- Design and implement robust solutions to ensure the reliability and security of financial processes
- Interface with multiple departments to shape the team's roadmap and ensure alignment with overall company objectives
- Have a direct impact on the success of the team by influencing technology decisions and driving innovative solutions
- Lead the design and execution of impactful projects end-to-end from ideation to production launch
- As the inaugural team member, lead and help build the Payments Team, influencing its direction and success
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing culture, attracting top talent to the team
- Influence Gametime’s technology and team by giving tech talks, mentoring and promoting engineering best practices
- Chart your growth path with the opportunity to transition into Engineering Management, leveraging your experience to mentor and lead a growing team
Our take
Gamtime is a last-minute event ticketing platform that aims to stand out from the myriad of other similar apps by allowing customers to buy a ticket after the event has started. The reason for this is that ticket prices for sports often fall dramatically after the game has started, making the most of the easy-to-use, quick-buy app's features.
Though this may only cater to a small percentage of its customers, it exemplifies a certain boundary pushing from the company. This is clearly something that the market supports, given its substantial fundraising from the likes of Bolt Ventures and Maven Ventures. In addition, Gametime’s position as both a seller and buyer marketplace has placed it in a great position as a commentator on live events, collecting valuable data.
With the demand for great-value event tickets likely to continue to grow, Gametime is in a prime position to capitalize on this trend. Although the company only sells tickets for the North American continent, it is seeing huge revenue across the sports, theatre, and music concert markets - and aims to use its funds to further enhance its products and market its app to younger eventgoers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2022
$30m
EARLY VC
Sep 2017
$8.2m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $71.5m
Company benefits
- Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Equity: An ownership stake in the company you'll be helping to build
- Flexible PTO: 'Take what you need' vacation policy (we actually mean it)
- Remote First: Fully remote company
- Remote Work stipend: Monthly stipend to offset the cost of internet and any home office updates
- Paid Parental Leave: Peace of mind for parents to dedicate their time to the care of their new child
- Gametime Credit: Monthly Gametime credit to experience the product for yourself
- Team Celebrations: Company meetups and events in different cities across the US
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Brad Griffith
(Founder & CEO)Currently Visiting Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Previously worked in Growth, iOS Development and Interactive Marketing at Zappedy, and was a Quantitative Researcher at LOLapps.
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