Vivid Seats

online ticket marketplace

Sr.FullStackEngineer

CA$135–170k Chicago, Illinois, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr. Full Stack Engineer at Vivid Seats. Skills: Full Stack Engineering, TypeScript, Next. js, React, Java, Spring, Python, Scala, Clojure, web services, APIs. maintaining and building new features across our stack. developing solutions that scale to the needs of our customers and partners”

What You'll Achieve.

produce and deliver clean, quality code that drives team and company tech goals forward; ship them, and share results and impact

Industry & Context.

online ticket marketplace
Problems you'll solve

Tackle some of the most difficult challenges of scaling an e-commerce marketplace by developing creative algorithms and features that maximize value and efficiency across the organization; Leverage application observability tools to uncover problems before our users

Eligibility Requirements

on-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years of professional experience building and supporting production web applications, Experience with modern front-end technologies such as TypeScript, Next. js, React and their interactions with APIs, Experience developing Web-based, Distributed and Multi-Tier architecture using Java/Spring or other major platforms (Python, Scala, Clojure, etc.), Experience designing, building, and testing web services and APIs, written and interpersonal communication skills to document and share team best practices across the department, A proactive mindset toward embracing, experimenting, and integrating AI tools to drive efficiency, elevate your work, and contribute to a culture of innovation

Nice to Have

Service Oriented Architecture, PCI, SQL

What You'll Do.

maintaining and building new features across our stack

developing solutions that scale to the needs of our customers and partners

guide the direction of the design and development of the systems powering our B2C Marketplace and Distribution products

develop innovative solutions that give Vivid Seats a competitive advantage

champion technology improvements for your delivery team

Tackle some of the most difficult challenges of scaling an e-commerce marketplace by developing creative algorithms and features that maximize value and efficiency across the organization

develop and maintain best practices across the software development lifecycle

Uphold standards for development and product quality

participate in the team’s on-call rotation

Mentor other engineers through pairing

Deploy and make changes to our production systems

Contribute to our processes

or technologies to support overall business goals and drive team efficiency

Contribute to team planning

Leverage application observability tools to uncover problems before our users

Identify areas of opportunity within our systems

come up with a plan to improve them

and share results and impact

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work cross-functionally with other development teams and business stakeholders to deliver impact iteratively; Collaborate to develop and maintain best practices across the software development lifecycle; encourage team members; Maintain, harvest, and aid internal and external relationships to achieve progress and advance objectives; Work with cross-functional stakeholders to decompose and iteratively deliver business objectives; pairing; code reviews

Communication Scope

written and interpersonal communication skills to document and share team best practices across the department

Process & Methodology

team planning, estimations, design sessions

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 Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer, you’ll make highly visible enhancements to our platform by maintaining and building new features across our stack. Our teams work with a variety of applications that enable our ability to sell tickets, manage inventory, support our internal users, 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: Help guide the direction of the design and development of the systems powering our B2C Marketplace and Distribution products. Develop innovative solutions that give Vivid Seats a competitive advantage, encourage team members, and champion technology improvements for your delivery team. Work cross-functionally with other development teams and business stakeholders to deliver impact iteratively. Tackle some of the most difficult challenges of scaling an e-commerce marketplace by developin

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