Backed by Accel.
About the role
Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Director of Engineering will lead the engineering organization responsible for the systems at the core of how teams, venues, and promoters manage tickets and operate their businesses. Hundreds of major live event venues around the globe rely on the SeatGeek platform, including those home to the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Cavaliers, Florida Panthers, and Manchester United F.C.
What they're looking for
- Experience leading multiple engineering teams and Engineering Managers in a complex software organization
- Strong technical judgment and enough architectural depth to work credibly with senior engineers on difficult system and platform decisions
- A willingness and ability to contribute technically when it is the highest-leverage way to help, including architecture, technical writing, prototyping, debugging, and code
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development and a strong point of view on how AI changes engineering practices and the software development lifecycle
- Experience evolving mature, business-critical systems while continuing to deliver customer value
- A track record of creating technical strategy from ambiguous product and business problems
More about this role
Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Director of Engineering will lead the engineering organization responsible for the systems at the core of how teams, venues, and promoters manage tickets and operate their businesses. Hundreds of major live event venues around the globe rely on the SeatGeek platform, including those home to the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Cavaliers, Florida Panthers, and Manchester United F.C.
You will set technical direction for this complex, mature platform while helping lead its evolution toward SeatGeek’s next generation of products and architecture. At the same time, you will help change how we build software as we move toward an AI-native engineering organization.
This role requires someone who can move comfortably between technology, product, and the ticketing domain. You will partner closely with Product and Design leadership, Engineering Managers, Senior Engineers, and our clients to turn complicated business problems into clear technical and product direction.
- Set technical direction across US Ticketing, working with Engineering Managers and Staff+ engineers on architecture, system ownership, modernization, and platform boundaries
- Lead the...
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