Who we are: Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. We believe in the power of experiences and are fiercely dedicated to building products that inspire human connections. Named as one of Built In's top places to work in 2025, we believe that our People are our greatest competitive advantage. To support our People, we have built a company culture that empowers our employees to embrace challenges, encourages unity through collaboration, and seeks to constantly evolve by leveraging data and inspiring innovation.
We believe in harnessing emerging technology to power performance and unlock creativity. As part of our culture of innovation, we actively embrace the use of AI tools to enhance decision-making, improve workflows, and produce better outcomes for our customers.
- Own the mobile platform - set the technical direction for the front-end systems at the heart of our ticket marketplace.
- Build what's next - architecting experiments and innovative features that give Vivid Seats a competitive edge, from AI-powered discovery to seamless checkout flows.
- Move the needle - tackle hard e-commerce scaling challenges and ship creative solutions that drive measurable value across the org.
- Raise the bar - champion best practices, mentor engineers through pairing and code reviews, and push the craft forward for your whole team.
- Work cross functionally - collaborate with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver real impact, iteratively and with intention.
- Bring new perspective - your unique insights will help shape how we grow.
- Complete new hire orientation, gaining the resources you need to be successful.
- Learn how ticket marketplaces operate and how you’ll contribute to providing great experiences for our customers.
- Acclimate to team and company norms, business objectives, and Vivid Seats values.
- Develop basic understanding of applications, tech stack, and development process.
- Contribute to our approaches, methods, or technologies to support overall business goals and drive team efficiencies.
- Cultivate and maintain internal and external relationships to achieve progress and advance objectives.
- Contribute to team planning, estimations, and design sessions.
- Apply methods to execute individual tasks that positively impacts the team.
- Play an active role in continued learnings to advance skill sets necessary for team goals.
- Have self-sufficiency in all codebases touched by the team.
- Actively contribute to larger team and engineering group objectives.
- Produce and deliver clean, correct code that drives team and company tech goals forward.
- 7+ years professional experience building applications in React Native or React
- Native iOS and/or Android development experience preferred
- You've developed and shipped user-facing features using component-based UI frameworks.
- Experience designing, building, and testing modern web or cross-platform mobile solutions as part of an agile or cross-functional team
- Experience with client-side application state libraries (Redux, RTK)
- Strong knowledge of front-end languages (JavaScript, TypeScript)
- Exposure to server-side web technologies (Node, Express, Java, Spring) (preferred, not required)
- Experience with JavaScript/Typescript testing frameworks (Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, etc.)
- A proactive mindset toward embracing, experimenting, and integrating AI tools to drive efficiency, elevate your work, and contribute to a culture of innovation.
Location: Chicago, IL
We believe in a hybrid 3 days/week in-office working model, which provides employees the flexibility to take advantage of in-person and remote collaboration. Check out our brand new HQ office, bursting with the energy of live events fandom and the vibrancy of Chicago’s rising tech scene
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Our Commitment:
We are an equal opportunity employer that values the critical importance of a diverse workforce and sense of belonging. Many of our roles have flexible requirements and we encourage you to apply regardless of whether you meet every qualification.
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What We Do
Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. Based on the belief that “Life Happens Live”, the Chicago-based company provides exceptional value by providing one of the widest selections of events and tickets in North America and an industry leading Vivid Seats Rewards program where all fans earn on every purchase. Through its proprietary software and unique technology, Vivid Seats drives the consumer and business ecosystem for live event ticketing and enables the power of shared experiences to unite people.
Why Work With Us
We build products that connect people and create lasting memories. If doing meaningful work inspires you, you’re our kind of people. We are passionate about facilitating amazing fan experiences and just as intent on providing compelling experiences for our employees. Create and attend incredible live event experiences with us!
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
