SeatGeek · 10 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$144K/yr - $209K/yrSeatGeek believes live events are powerful experiences that unite humans. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their Cloud Platform team, responsible for designing, building, and operating core cloud and networking platforms that support all engineering teams.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate shared cloud and networking platforms that support a modern, containerized, service-oriented architecture
Improve reliability, observability, security, and scalability through automation, standards, and well-considered abstractions
Engineer resilient and observable networking infrastructure that supports a diverse set of workloads across regions and environments
Build and maintain golden paths for compute, networking, and infrastructure to help teams deploy and operate services safely
Participate in operating production systems, including supporting releases, taking part in an on-call rotation, and contributing to incident response and follow-up work
Partner with application and platform teams to reduce friction in deployment, routing, monitoring, and scaling
Help evolve shared infrastructure tooling, APIs, and standards to improve reliability and developer experience over time
Evaluate new technologies and patterns with a focus on maintainability and operational health
Use automation and AI-assisted workflows to improve development and operational efficiency
Share context and learnings through documentation, design discussions, and mentorship
Qualification
Required
Experience contributing to the design, development, or operation of cloud and infrastructure platforms that support other engineers or teams
Hands-on experience running production workloads on AWS, including designing and operating infrastructure using Terraform or similar infrastructure as code tools
Experience building, operating, or supporting systems on Kubernetes (EKS), including containerized workloads and supporting platform services
Experience designing or operating service networking and routing, such as service discovery, traffic management, or edge routing using tools like Cilium, Envoy, Kong, or Fastly
Familiarity with observability practices and tools such as Datadog, and using metrics, logs, and traces to diagnose issues and improve system reliability
Ability to write and maintain automation or tooling in Go, Python, or Bash, with an emphasis on clarity, safety, and long-term maintainability
A thoughtful approach to engineering craftsmanship, including clean abstractions, readable code, and systems that are easy for others to operate
Comfort collaborating across teams, explaining infrastructure and networking concepts clearly, and turning broad needs into practical technical solutions
Commitment to learning and growth through knowledge sharing, documentation, and mentorship
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
Company
SeatGeek
SeatGeek operates a mobile-focused ticket platform and search engine that lets fans buy and sell tickets for events.
Founded in 2009
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$400.1MKey Investors
AccelGlynn Capital ManagementTCV
2022-08-31Series E· $238M
2020-01-01Series Unknown
2017-04-18Series D· $57M
Leadership Team
Jack Groetzinger
Co-Founder and CEO
Eric Waller
Co-Founder
Recent News
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