Software Engineer II - Ticketing

THE CHALLENGE

Eventbrite is seeking Full stack Software engineers to join us in our mission to bring the world together through live experiences. Last year alone, our platform processed over 150 million tickets across over 3 million events organized by our creators. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to build features, design APIs, and scale our product as we grow.

THE TEAM

We're a people-focused Engineering organization: the women and men on our team value working together in small teams to solve big problems, supporting an active culture of mentorship and inclusion, and committing themselves to learn new things daily. Pair programming, weekly demos, tech talks, and quarterly hackathons are at the core of how we’ve built our team and product. We believe in engaging with the community, regularly hosting free events with some of the top technical speakers, and actively contributing to open-source software. Our technology spans across web, mobile, API, big data, machine learning, search, physical point of sale, and scanning systems.

Our engineering teams own their services and systems end-to-end, from requirements gathering to deployment to maintenance. Team members follow an on-call rotation to ensure any issues are mitigated immediately and root causes are rectified.

THE ROLE

We seek Full stack Software engineers who are passionate about their craft to join our engineering team in Spain, although we’re remote friendly. We strive for teams that are completely autonomous and have full ownership of their services and roadmaps. Teams usually consist of front-end engineers, backend engineers, a product manager, a designer, a technical program manager, and an engineering manager. You will solve challenging technical problems and own your impactful products end-to-end. You will contribute to Eventbrite engineering’s culture of technical excellence through inclusivity and mentorship. This is more than an opportunity to join an amazing team; it is a chance to impact Eventbrite’s platform and organization at scale.

THE TECH STACK

Eventbrite is one of the world’s largest Django-powered sites by request volume. Python, Django, and MySQL are the primary off-the-shelf technologies in our stack. We are hosted on AWS. PySOA, our services framework, builds on these core technologies. On the frontend, we make extensive use of React and Redux.However, the company is transitioning to a completely new stack (such as Kotlin, DynamoDB, Lambdas, REST, Step Functions, etc) where each team will have complete ownership and autonomy.

THE SKILL SET

• You have 3+ years of experience building applications at scale in at least one popular programming language, such as Python, Java, PHP, Ruby, C#, C++, etc
• You have 2+ years of experience using some form of web framework: Django, Symphony, Rails, ASP.net, etc.
• You have proficient experience using a SQL database
• You have experience managing infrastructure on a platform like AWS/GCP/Azure
• You have knowledge of microservices and/or service-oriented architecture.
• You are an efficient, practical programmer, designed and producing dependable code
• You care about making sure your code is maintainable and well tested
• You are a results-driven self-starter with great communication and collaboration skills; we put a lot of emphasis on being team players
• You enjoy teaching and mentoring colleagues
• Demonstrated understanding of how to write readable, testable code
• Strong oral and written communication skills (Slack, email, documentation, etc.)
• Ownership mindset and ability to be part of an on-call rotation

BONUS POINTS

• You have experience working with Python/Django and React & Typescript/Redux
• You have experience designing and developing APIs, both internal service and HTTP APIs
• Familiarity with continuous integration tools like CircleCI
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest and Playwright
• Experience working with cloud technologies (AWS preferred)

ABOUT EVENTBRITE

At Eventbrite everyone is invited to be their whole self and we cultivate an environment to make sure that is feasible throughout the entirety of an individual's time at Eventbrite. We are committed to providing competitive, valuable and meaningful benefits and experiences for our employees to ensure we meet them where they are in life.

Cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where all people are invited and belong is our top priority.

Employees can participate in resource groups and we offer global programming and training throughout the year to support a diverse and inclusive workplace. Read more about our Diversity and Inclusion work for our team, culture, and community.

BENEFITS

We offer comprehensive benefits and a wellness package above and beyond standard medical benefits to support our Britelings’ lifestyle.

Eventbrite's global benefit programs are designed to meet you where you are by offering resources and support for your health, well-being, finances, and family. This includes support in a remote environment, wellness allowance, Carrot family planning benefit, Origin Financial Planning service, and other offerings to ease the mind and body like Modern Health and BriteBreaks (generally the first Friday of every month off).

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

At Eventbrite, we are dedicated to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, abilities and experiences to apply, and we make employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, or any other legally protected characteristic.

If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know.