Senior Software Engineer, Platform

SeatGeek
United StatesFull-time$144,000–$209,000Posted Sep 10, 2026

About the role

SeatGeek believes live events are powerful experiences that unite humans. With our technological savvy and fan-first attitude we’re simplifying and modernizing the ticketing industry.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join SeatGeek’s Platform team. You'll improve the systems that power the entirety of SeatGeek's technology ecosystem. This unique role combines both the craftsmanship and rigor of traditional Software Engineering, whilst also incorporating an openness to the development of the underlying infrastructure; including core compute, infrastructure as code, database, and network infrastructure.

The nature of the ticketing engineering industry places unique constraints and workflows on our systems and infrastructure, especially during high-load onsales, requiring out of the box solutions and automation to be the norm. This team is the backbone to our Enterprise and Consumer lines of business as we grow our primary and secondary ticketing platforms that support world-class clients such as the Dallas Cowboys, and Manchester City FC.

What you'll do

Bring a software engineers’ mindset to SeatGeeks’ unique scaling, workflow automation and resilience challenges

Build and maintain tools that our developers use to observe their applications, and drive initiatives to increase our overall reliability

Engineer resilient and observable networking infrastructure that supports a diverse set of workloads across multiple regions

Collaborate with other departments on how to run production systems and deployments with autonomy

Support teams with expertise in the area of deployment, configuration, routing, monitoring and scalability in all parts of the stack

Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to bring ideas to life faster than ever while upholding SeatGeek’s technical and product standards; no token limits

Become a force multiplier by mentoring and leading the team around you

Participate in an on-call schedule to help our customers experience more live

What you have

Passion for craftsmanship and product. You have well-considered opinions about how software and reliable infrastructure should work, and hold yourself and your code to a high standard

Experience building business critical software in a fast-paced environment. We'll be interested in hearing about what you've built and how

Experience solving complex technical challenges. SeatGeek engineers create custom solutions to unique ticketing problems, including high traffic onsales, interactive venue maps, inventory tracking, and event matching. We'll be excited to hear about challenging problems you've solved

Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and serverless compute platforms

Experience with continuous integration, delivery, testing, and code deployment

Experience using observability tools to make performance improvements and forecast growth

Experience improving system architecture, diagnosing shortcomings and implementing evidence-based recommendations

Our stack

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: Go, C#, Python, Bash

Runtimes: Kubernetes, Docker, ECS/Fargate, Lambda

Datastores: Postgres, SQL Server, Memcache, Redis, and Elasticsearch

Streaming & workflows: Kafka, Flink, Airflow, Temporal

Service Discovery and Routing: Cilium, Consul, Envoy, CoreDNS

Monitoring: DataDog

Incident Management:PagerDuty

Configuration Management: Chef, Ansible

Secrets Management: Vault

Infrastructure as Code: Cloudformation, Terraform

Cloud Providers: AWS

Version control: Git

CI / CD: Gitlab CI

Perks

Equity stake

Discretionary annual bonus

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

$360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events

Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music

The salary range for this role is $144,000 - $209,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages within that range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.

SeatGeek is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, military or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. As an equal opportunities employer, we recognize that diversity is a positive attribute and we welcome the differences and benefits that a diverse culture brings. Come join us!

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Responsibilities

  • Bring a software engineers’ mindset to unique scaling, workflow automation and resilience challenges
  • Build and maintain tools for developers to observe their applications
  • Engineer resilient and observable networking infrastructure
  • Collaborate with other departments on production systems and deployments
  • Support teams with expertise in deployment, configuration, routing, monitoring and scalability
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity
  • Mentor and lead the team
  • Participate in an on-call schedule

Qualifications

  • Passion for craftsmanship and product
  • Experience building business critical software in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience solving complex technical challenges
  • Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and serverless compute platforms
  • Experience with continuous integration, delivery, testing, and code deployment
  • Experience using observability tools for performance improvements
  • Experience improving system architecture and implementing recommendations

Benefits

  • Equity stake
  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • Flexible work environment
  • WFH stipend for 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 and reproductive health services
  • $500 per year for wellness expenses
  • Subscriptions to Headspace and therapy services

Skills mentioned

GoSystem DesignDistributed SystemsAWSTerraformInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDKubernetesContainerizationServerless Computing

About SeatGeek

Help the world experience more live. SeatGeek was built in 2009 as the only mobile ticketing marketplace created with fan experience top of mind. We’re transforming the way fans buy and sell their tickets to their favorite live events across sports, music, and theater. While we humbly believe we have the best consumer technology on the market, our mission goes beyond that – by bringing a technology-first approach to an entire industry sorely in need of a better solution, we aim to be a force for good in live entertainment. SeatGeek’s acquisition of TopTix marks our entrance into the primary market. From then on, we began providing the premier primary ticketing solution on the market, a perfect complement to our best-in-class consumer tech. Now our mission goes beyond the fan experience and brings power, control, and flexibility to rightsholders - reinventing live entertainment for the modern, mobile era. Looking to join us at SeatGeek? Apply through LinkedIn or our Jobs Page via our website. If you are contacted about a job at SeatGeek, please verify by reviewing the sender’s email (ex. bobsmith@seatgeek.com).

Software Development501-1,000 employeesNew York, NY