Engineering Manager, SeatGeek
Marketplace Discovery
$170-230k
Plus equity stake
More information about location
Ticketing platform for live events
Open for applications
Ticketing platform for live events
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$170-230k
Plus equity stake
More information about location
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
- 5+ years as an engineer in a role that was mostly about writing code
- 2+ years of experience as an engineering manager of productive, motivated teams
- A foundation of technical excellence and engineering culture that your team can look up to
- Knowledge of the technology industry to help your team make good tooling and framework decisions setting them up for success
- An understanding of how to lead by setting context and facilitating collaboration between cross functional partners in product, design, engineering and leadership
- Experience using data to identify opportunities, set priorities and make decisions
- Experience with SEO and knowledge of common SEO factors and strategies that drive organic traffic to a website, including an interest in AI Search
- Experience in search engine marketing (SEM)
- Experience with various web analytics measurement methodologies and measurement platforms (Google Analytics, Search Console, SEO tools)
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager for the Discovery team, you will lead a team of skilled engineers responsible for the initial stages of our customer's journey, from discovery to consideration
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement features that enhance the user experience and drive customer acquisition and engagement
- Manage a team of cross functional engineers (backend & frontend, multiple platforms) to develop and maintain features for the top of the funnel, including product search, recommendations, and personalized content
- Work closely with Product to design and develop product enhancements and value for both fans and enterprise customers - including prioritization and planning cycles
- Guide the team to improve operational and engineering best practices to keep our development machine humming
- Provide regular job performance feedback, hold one-on-ones, and provide career development support to your direct reports
- Play an active role in our recruiting process, helping us to grow our engineering team in any way you can
- Perform code reviews and provide technical and design feedback to the team
- Communicate technical and product decisions to the right people, resolve blocking issues, and collaborate with other leaders across the organization
- You absolutely do not need experience with all of these, but we thought you might be curious. Tools can be learned, so we care much more about your general engineering skill than knowledge of a particular language
- Languages: Python, Go, C#+.NET Core, Swift, Java\Kotlin, Javascript
- Client Platforms: iOS, Android, Web (Desktop\Mobile)
- Technologies: Contentful, Google Tag Manager
- Datastores: Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch
- Cloud: AWS
- Version control: Git (Gitlab)
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
$78.8m
SERIES D
Total funding: $419.9m
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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