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.
The Core Engineering department owns the infrastructure and networking that powers SeatGeek.com along with transversal capabilities in our stack ranging from application frameworks, developer experience to security and resilience.
As manager, you’ll lead one or more teams in core engineering, guiding the team as they transform a strong technical foundation into a resilient, user-focused product. Your role will be key in shaping the team’s roadmap, enhancing the developer experience, and driving faster, more reliable delivery across the company.
What you'll do
- Manage a team of strong senior engineers
- Own a transversal core engineering domain maintaining a high standard of operational excellence and driving tactical and strategic vision for this domain
- Code and architecture reviews, and provide technical and design feedback to the team
- Play an active role in our recruiting process, helping us grow our engineering team in any way you can
- Provide regular job performance feedback, hold one-on-ones, and provide career development support to your direct reports
- Work with your Technical and Product counterparts to form a compelling vision and direction for the team that aligns with organizational and business goals
- Select new and work with existing technology vendors when necessary. You constantly make build or buy decisions together with your team
- Communicate technical and product decisions to the right people, resolve blocking issues, and collaborate with other leaders across the organization
What you have
- You’ve successfully built and led lean teams, ensuring they’re productive, motivated, and capable of delivering impactful results
- You’re able to foster safe, collaborative & inclusive environments, where engineers feel empowered to do their best work
- You’re great at shaping and driving complex, user-focused roadmaps, and keeping your team focused in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- You're able to break down complex technical concepts and explain them clearly to non-technical audiences, accurately representing the team's work to a wide range of stakeholders
- Knowledge of the technology industry to help your team make good tooling and framework decisions to set them up for success
