Engineering Manager, Core Engineering

SeatGeek; New York (NY); A distancia; USD 171.000 - 248.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity stake

Discretionary annual bonus

Flexible work environment with remote/

WFH stipend

Unlimited PTO

Family leave (up to 16 weeks)

401(k) matching

Student loan matching program

Health, vision, dental, and life保险

Wellness stipends

Descripción de la vacante

SeatGeek is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead one or more teams within Core Engineering, guiding them from a strong technical foundation to a resilient, user-focused product. You will shape roadmaps, improve developer experience, and drive faster, more reliable delivery across the company.

You will manage senior engineers, own a core engineering domain, conduct reviews, participate in recruiting, and provide ongoing career development support.

Formación

• Led lean, high-performing engineering teams to deliver impact.
• Shaped and communicated complex roadmaps for multi-team programs.
• Able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in building reliable, scalable distributed systems.

Responsabilidades

• Manage a team of senior engineers and guide technical delivery.
• Own a core engineering domain and maintain operational excellence.
• Lead code and architecture reviews and mentor the team.
• Participate in recruiting and grow the engineering organization.
• Provide regular performance feedback and career development support.
• Collaborate with product and design to align roadmap with business goals.
• Decide build vs. buy with the team and manage vendors as needed.
• Communicate decisions across leadership and stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Roadmap planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering background

Herramientas

GitLab

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Fastly

Kong

Cilium

Descripción del empleo

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
• You understand how to lead by setting context, facilitating collaboration, and getting buy-in between cross functional partners in product, design, engineering and leadership
• You’ve worked as an Engineer in the past, are familiar with the challenges of that role, and preferably have had hands-on experience with the following:
• Tooling across our tech stack
• Building out highly available and distributed systems, especially in regards to container orchestration systems

Our stack

Experience with every technology listed isn’t expected, we’ve included them for transparency. What matters most to us is your core engineering skills and ability to learn, not deep expertise in any one tool or language.

• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C#, Go
• Version control: GitLab
• Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes / EKS, Terraform
• Monitoring & Alerting: Datadog
• Networking: Fastly, Kong, Cilium

Perks

• Equity stake
• Discretionary annual bonus
• 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
• $360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events
• Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music

The salary range for this role is $171,000 - $248,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.

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