Senior Software Engineer, SeatGeek
Rightsholder Foundation
$130-240k
+ Equity
Ticketing platform for live events
Job no longer available
Ticketing platform for live events
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$130-240k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
SeatGeek’s mission is to help the world to experience more live.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in software development, especially in architecting and implementing high-load complex cloud-based applications
- Proficient in at least one modern programming language and comfortable with several others (such as Golang, c#, python, java)
- Working knowledge in CDN architecture, Web application firewall (WAF) concepts and technologies (Advantageous)
- You are opinionated on how scalable and reliable systems are structured, communicate with each other, are observed & monitored, and handle authentication & authorization
- You are naturally curious with a bias for action; able to navigate and make sense of ambiguity to drive a coherent direction
- Commitment to your teammates. You enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different experiences and take pride in mentoring and contributing to the growth and success of other team members
- You do not need experience with all 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
- Languages: C#/.NET Core, and Go, Terraform
- Datastores: Microsoft SQL Server, Postgres, Memcached/Redis
- Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, DataDog
What the job involves
- In the modern world of SaaS, rightsholders’ expectations of our ticketing platform are higher than ever; high availability, rich and performant API’s and seamless integrations whilst processing hundreds of millions of requests a month. Enabling the SeatGeek Enterprise organization to do all of this is the mission of the Rightholders Edge team
- Define endpoint architecture and align on usage of CDN, WAF, DDoS protection, throttles, standard auth n/z, allowing teams to be more autonomous on modernizing their APIs in a safe and scalable manner
- Modernizing API gateways to provide observability, rate limiting, advanced routing, HA, whilst simplifying and standardizing our SaaS provisioning
- Swap out the engine while the plane is flying: replace and update critical components of both software and hardware architecture in an uptime-critical setting
- Evaluate new technologies and improve our software stack to maintain our technological edge
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
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.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Aug 2022
$238m
SERIES E
Jul 2020
$121m
SERIES D
Total funding: $462.2m
Company benefits
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Ample Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching Program
- Parental Leave - 16 weeks of leave in a 12-month period
- Health and wellness subscriptions to services like One Medical, Ginger.io and Headspace
- Regular virtual team hangs & happy hours + Company-Wide Hackathons 3-4 times per Year
- SeatGeek Monthly Ticket-Purchase Stipend
- Flexible work environment - Work as many days a week in the office as you'd like, or 100% remotely
- WFH Office Setup Stipend
Company values
- Start With Fans - When fans win, everyone wins
- Be Humbold - We're bold, but humble
- Pull Back The Curtains - We put outsized focus on building the most talented team possible
- Don't Do Bullsh*t Work - If unchecked, every job results in too many hours spent on bullsh*t work. We design how we work to spend the most time doing rather than preparing to do
- Stack The Lineup - Our team is our biggest unfair advantage, and the best teams bring together different backgrounds and experiences
- Play Long Ball - We take big bets on the future
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Articles
Founders
Jack Groetzinger
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked as a consultant for Bain. Founded and sold another startup, Scribnia, before founding SeatGeek.
Russell D'Souza
(Co-Founder)Worked as an analyst for Monitor. Founded and sold another startup, Scribnia, before founding SeatGeek.
Eric Waller
(Co-Founder)Worked as a Web Developer at Tickerhound. Co-founded and was a Web Developer at Niqos.
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