Software Engineer Internship, SeatGeek
$55/Hour USD (based on a 40 hour work week)
3+ days a week in office
Ticketing platform for live events
Open for applications
Ticketing platform for live events
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$55/Hour USD (based on a 40 hour work week)
3+ days a week in office
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 is preferred, but not required – in fact, we look forward to supporting you by teaching you new technologies and mentoring you in software development craft as a member of our world-class engineering team
- Backend (Python, Go)
- Frontend Web (Typescript + React)
- Mobile (Kotlin, Swift)
- Platform (AWS, Docker, Python, Go)
- You are currently enrolled college student studying Computer Science or a related degree
- Experience in building or testing software. We'll be interested in hearing about what you've built and how you built it
- Problem solving skills - adept at handling technical challenges. SeatGeek engineers create custom solutions to unique ticketing problems, including venue mapping, inventory tracking, and event matching
- Passion for software craftsmanship and products. You hold yourself and your code to a high standard
- 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
What the job involves
- We are looking for the best and brightest College Interns to join us for Summer 2026, to help us make live entertainment even better!
- This is a 12 week summer Internship Program with a hybrid work style (expected to be on-site 50% of the week) at our corporate office in NYC
- Design cloud-native software architecture
- Solve customer problems
- Scale our software to support a booming business
- Build a many-sided marketplace
- Empower decision-making at a rapidly growing data-driven company
- Run experiments and evaluate new technologies that will determine the future of our business for years to come
- Build performant, beautiful, inclusive user interfaces that delight our users and enhance our brand
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
$76.7m
SERIES D
Total funding: $417.8m
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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