Vivid Seats
LeadFullStackEngineer
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“Lead Full Stack Engineer at Vivid Seats. Skills: Full Stack Engineering, Distributed Systems Architecture, API Development, Technical Leadership. Set the technical direction for the systems powering our partnership platforms. Make highly visible enhancements to our platform by maintaining and also building new features across our stack”
Industry & Context.
pragmatic trade-offs; edge cases; identify areas for improvement before they become problems; systemic areas of opportunity
participate in the team’s on-call rotation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of professional experience building and supporting production web applications, time spent leading technical initiatives that multiple engineers or teams, Demonstrated experience working in and improving codebases with significant history and meaningful business impact, Deep experience with modern front-end technologies such as TypeScript, Next. js, and React, and how they interact with APIs at scale, experience designing, building, and operating web-based, distributed, and multi-tier architectures using Java/Spring or other major tech stacks (Python, Node, Scala, etc.), A track record of designing, building, and evolving web services, APIs, and partner-facing integrations that other teams or external systems depend on, Comfort with the operational realities of distributed systems: batch and event-driven jobs, retry and idempotency, consistency between systems of record, and partner SLAs, Experience mentoring and growing senior engineers, coaching them through unfamiliar parts of a codebase and helping build skill and confidence, written and interpersonal communication skills for documentation, sharing best practices, and discussing engineering topics with non-engineering partners
Nice to Have
Preferred knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture, PCI, and SQL, Experience with high-volume, latency-sensitive e-commerce, marketplace, or distribution systems is a plus, A proactive mindset toward embracing, experimenting, and integrating AI tools to drive efficiency, elevating your work and your team’s work, and contribute to a culture of innovation
What You'll Do.
Set the technical direction for the systems powering our partnership platforms
Make highly visible enhancements to our platform by maintaining and also building new features across our stack
Develop solutions that scale to the needs of our customers and partners
and long-term modernization of the Distribution platform
Take deep ownership of our existing Distribution systems
Set the bar for development
quality and operational excellence
Participate in the team’s on-call rotation
Grow other engineers through pairing
Influence who joins the team through interviews and onboarding
Own significant pieces of the Distribution architecture and drive improvements to our processes
Represent Distribution’s technical position in broader engineering forums
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to decompose internal and partner objectives into iterative
Produce and deliver clean
quality code on critical paths
Raise the bar on code review and design review across the team
Use application observability to identify areas for improvement before they become problems for our partners
Coach the team to do the same
Be the technical owner for all applications in Distribution’s scope
Drive a multi-quarter technical roadmap for Distribution
Identify systemic areas of opportunity in the platform and communicate the impact to stakeholders and leadership
Actively grow the engineers on your team
Own development plans alongside their managers
Visibly raise the technical ceiling of the group
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaboration; pairing; code reviews; tech talks; interviews; onboarding; design sessions; broader engineering forums; cross-functional stakeholders; design review; coach the team; development plans alongside their managers
Communication Scope
written communication skills; interpersonal communication skills; documentation; sharing best practices; discussing engineering topics with non-engineering partners; communicate the impact to stakeholders and leadership
Process & Methodology
Lead team planning, estimations, decomposing objectives into iterative, shippable plans
Full Job Description
Who we are: Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. We believe in the power of experiences and are fiercely dedicated to building products that inspire human connections. Named as one of Built In's top places to work in 2025, we believe that our People are our greatest competitive advantage. To support our People, we have built a company culture that empowers our employees to embrace challenges, encourages unity through collaboration, and seeks to constantly evolve by leveraging data and inspiring innovation. We believe in harnessing emerging technology to power performance and unlock creativity. As part of our culture of innovation, we actively embrace the use of AI tools to enhance decision-making, improve workflows, and produce better outcomes for our customers. The Opportunity: As a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer on the Distribution team, you'll set the technical direction for the systems powering our partnership platforms - a critical revenue channel for the business. You’ll make highly visible enhancements to our platform by maintaining and also building new features across our stack. Our teams work with a variety of applications that enable us to sell tickets, manage inventory, support our partnerships, and provide a great customer experience from the website to the box office. Following development best practices, you’ll be responsible for developing solutions that scale to the needs of our customers and partners. How your role contributes to the success of Vivid Seats: Lead the design, technical direction, and long-term modernization of the Distribution platform - the services, jobs, and integrations that sync inventory, pricing, and orders with our partners, and the patterns the team will build on for years. Take deep ownership of our existing Distribution systems: build a thorough understanding of h
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