SeatGeek

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

SeatGeek

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $144,000 - $209,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Design, build, and support shared platform systems and tooling that help teams across SeatGeek develop and run services reliably
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to address performance, scalability, and reliability needs as our marketplace and business grow
  • Contribute to system reliability, observability, security, and scalability through automation and well-considered abstractions
  • Participate in operating production systems, including supporting releases, taking part in an on-call rotation, and responding to incidents and support requests with guidance and collaboration from the team
  • Collaborate across teams and disciplines to identify friction and improve how software is built and operated at SeatGeek
  • Help evolve internal platforms, APIs, standards, and shared tooling to improve reliability and developer experience over time
  • Participate in evaluating new technologies and patterns, balancing short-term needs with long-term maintainability and operational health
  • Use automation and emerging tools, including AI-assisted workflows, to improve development and operational efficiency
  • Share context and learnings through documentation, design discussions, and collaboration across teams

Requirements

  • Experience contributing to the design, development, or operation of shared systems, platforms, or infrastructure that support other engineers or teams
  • Familiarity with building, running, or improving production systems, and an interest in reliability, security, scalability, and safe ways to deploy and operate software
  • A thoughtful approach to writing and maintaining code, with attention to clarity, maintainability, and how others will use and operate what you build
  • An interest in developer experience and platform usability, including how tools, abstractions, and workflows affect team productivity and broader business goals
  • Comfort collaborating across teams and disciplines, communicating clearly, and turning broad needs into practical technical solutions with support from others
  • A commitment to learning and growth (both your own and your teammates’) through knowledge sharing, feedback, and continuous improvement
Benefits
  • Equity stake
  • 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
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Up to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave
  • 401(k) matching
  • Student loan matching program
  • Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • Up to $25k towards family building, reproductive health services and Gender-affirming care
  • $500 per year for wellness expenses
  • Subscriptions to Headspace (meditation), Headspace Care (therapy), and One Medical
  • $120 per month to spend on tickets to live events
  • Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
system designplatform developmentinfrastructure operationautomationobservabilitysecurityscalabilityAPI developmentproduction systemscode maintainability
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailcommitment to learningknowledge sharingfeedbackcontinuous improvementdeveloper experienceteam productivity