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Salary: USD 171,000 - 248,000 / annual
SeatGeek is modernizing the ticketing industry with a fan-first approach to live events. The Core Engineering department owns the infrastructure and networking that powers SeatGeek.com, including application frameworks, developer experience, security, and resilience capabilities.
As Engineering Manager for Core Engineering, you will lead one or more teams of senior engineers, guiding them to transform a strong technical foundation into a resilient, user-focused product. You'll shape the team's roadmap, enhance developer experience, and drive faster, more reliable delivery across the company.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing a team of strong senior engineers
- Owning a transversal core engineering domain with high operational excellence standards
- Conducting code and architecture reviews, providing technical and design feedback
- Actively participating in recruiting to grow the engineering team
- Providing regular performance feedback, one-on-ones, and career development support to direct reports
- Collaborating with technical and product counterparts to form compelling vision aligned with organizational goals
- Making build-or-buy decisions for technology vendors
- Communicating technical and product decisions, resolving blocking issues, and collaborating with leaders across the organization
The tech stack includes TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C#, Go; GitLab; AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform; Datadog; and networking tools like Fastly, Kong, and Cilium. Deep expertise in every tool is not required.
Requirements:
- Proven track record building and leading lean teams that are productive, motivated, and deliver impactful results
- Ability to foster safe, collaborative, and inclusive environments where engineers feel empowered
- Strong at shaping and driving complex, user-focused roadmaps in fast-paced environments
- Excellent communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Knowledge of the technology industry to guide tooling and framework decisions
- Experience leading through context-setting, facilitating collaboration, and building cross-functional buy-in
- Prior experience as an engineer with familiarity with engineering challenges
- Preferred hands-on experience with tooling across the tech stack and building highly available distributed systems, especially container orchestration
