Senior Platform Engineer (d/f/m)

vivenu GmbH; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative team environment

Continuous investment in personal development

Opportunity to work on global projects

Job summary

A leading live entertainment tech firm is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to design and build scalable infrastructure for high-traffic services. You'll collaborate closely with teams to improve operational efficiency and tinkering with Terraform and Kubernetes in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates possess a proactive mindset and a strong foundation in cloud-based systems like GCP, along with solid coding skills in Go or Typescript. Join a global team of over 160 professionals to redefine the ticketing experience for major events worldwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Infrastructure Engineering or related fields.
• Proven expertise in cloud-based systems, ideally GCP.
• Ability to code in Go and/or Typescript while comprehending different code databases.

Responsibilities

• Designing and operating scalable infrastructure supporting over 1 billion requests monthly.
• Collaboration with engineering teams to improve reliability and performance.
• Continuous monitoring and testing of systems for operational demands.

Skills

Infrastructure Engineering

DevOps

Production Engineering

Platform Engineering

SRE in high-scale production environments

Cloud-based systems (GCP)

Terraform

Go

Typescript

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

Redefine the future of live entertainment tech

Welcome to vivenu, the global leader in event ticketing tech and one of the world’s fastest-growing live entertainment tech firms. We are transforming event ticketing for global leaders like the Grammys, the Golden Globes, Stanford University and the Hockenheimring turning what was once a simple transaction into a strategic business advantage. Backed by over $65 million in funding, our platform empowers event organizers to own their brand experience, unlock deep data insights, and seamlessly integrate ticketing into their digital infrastructure.

With six offices worldwide and growing, we deliver a customizable, intuitive solution and industry-leading support that simplify even the most complex ticketing challenges –helping organizers deliver exceptional experiences and drive real growth.

Join us and build the future of live entertainment.

With over 10 million end users and usage quadrupling annually, our infrastructure now handles over 1 billion requests per month— and counting. Our API-first platform solves complex system challenges at scale — delivering performance, flexibility, and reliability for the world’s leading live entertainment brands.

Responsibilities

• designing, building, and operating scalable infrastructure and tools to support over 1 billion monthly requests, ensuring performance, availability, and resilience
• help with configuration, unblocking the occasional stuck deployment and enable teams to manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and cloud-native tooling across a highly dynamic environment
• collaborating closely with engineering teams and technical leadership to improve reliability, system performance, and deployment velocity
• continuously monitoring, testing, and improving our systems to meet fast-growing operational demands, with a focus on automation and observability
• contributing to infrastructure design decisions and building reusable, modular infrastructure components using Terraform
• actively sharing knowledge, improving engineering practices, and elevating the team’s engineering culture
• a healthy amount of skepticism for LLM generated code and solutions. We all use those tools daily, but don’t ship blindly.

What you will need to succeed in this role

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, Production Engineering, Platform Engineering or SRE in high-scale production environments.
• proven expertise in cloud-based systems (ideally GCP). Confidence in scaling infrastructure for high-traffic services.
• past experience of breaking and fixing Terraform state files without anyone noticing.
• ability to write code (Go and/or Typescript but any modern language will be fine) but mostly read and quickly comprehend different code databases.
• a collaborative and proactive mindset, with a strong interest in sharing expertise, mentoring peers, and continuously learning
• the desire to thrive in environments that balance high technical standards with pragmatic decision-making.

Nice-to-Have

• Kubernetes expertise, knowing how to run, secure, scale, and debug workloads in real-world scenarios
• deep knowledge in system performance and resilience engineering
• seen Terraform evolve over time: Experienced not only green fields, but organically grown very actively changing stacks.

Bonus points

• experience managing rollouts of custom software over global infrastructure, orchestration of multi-tiered, canary or staggered deployments.
• actual in-deep Go or Typescript coding experience

Why join vivenu?

Live Entertainment Tech

Play a mission-critical role for global brands, redefining fan experiences from festivals to major sports events. Here, you’re part of the business of fun — powered by cutting-edge technology that brings moments to life for millions.

Sustainable Growth

We scale sustainably on a profitable, VC-backed foundation with true product-market fit. This means continuous investment in our people, products, and long-term vision.

Top-tier Team

Collaborate with over 160 dedicated professionals, including leaders from Google, Slack, and Salesforce. Together, we’re shaping the future of live entertainment technology, one decision at a time.

Global DNA

We’re a diverse, merit-driven team spread across six global offices. Talent and impact are what matter here — not hierarchy or background.

Fast Growing, in All Aspects

Sifted consistently ranks us among the fastest-growing scale-ups in Europe. We’re driven by daily learning, shared wins, and collective growth.

Next-Gen Leaders & Insights

Work alongside some of tech’s brightest minds — from Forbes 30 Under 30 founders to Executive of the Year award winners. At vivenu, you’ll help set the standard for the ticketing industry’s future.

vivenu Inclusion Statement

At vivenu, we believe our people define our success – and that we win with bold, diverse minds. The strongest teams are built on different perspectives, experiences, and voices. We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels empowered to contribute, grow, and thrive to shape the future of live entertainment globally.

Check out our mission statement and corporate values here.