SeatGeek

Senior Software Engineer, Finance Engineering

SeatGeek$144K — $209K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience in production backend systems
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
  • Experience with financial data processing in a SOX controlled environment
  • Design skills for reliable and auditable services and data models
  • Familiarity with streaming data and data warehousing
  • Adaptability in defining architecture and roadmap
  • Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage core services for data ingestion and translation into financial systems
  • Design infrastructure for custom monetization deals
  • Rapidly develop tools to enhance finance data interactions
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to define data modeling standards
  • Engage with stakeholders to implement data management best practices
  • Ensure high accuracy and operational excellence across the platform
  • Document data sources and systems clearly for ownership

Benefits

  • Equity stake
  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • Flexible work environment with remote options
  • Work-from-home stipend
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Up to 16 weeks fully-paid family leave
  • 401(k) matching
  • Student loan matching program
  • Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance
  • Funding for family building and reproductive health services
  • Annual wellness stipend
  • Subscriptions for wellness apps and music services
  • Quarterly budget for live event tickets
Full Job Description
SeatGeek's finance stack supports the reporting and operationalization of billions of dollars in transactions and settlements across diverse revenue streams and dozens of production systems. FinEng is the dedicated team focused on getting our arms around the finance and accounting data that SeatGeek generates across the business. This team is rethinking and rebuilding the systems that power our understanding of revenue recognition, marketplace settlements, and unit economics - all towards our mission of making SeatGeek the top destination for live event goers.

As the company grows and use cases with our finance data transform, our stack needs to adjust and scale to keep pace with new agentic demands and the increasing complexity of our financial operations. You'll be hands-on building the core systems that ingest settlement and transaction data from across the business, translate it into our general ledger and billing systems, and make handling complex deal structures look easy. If you are passionate about modernizing financial infrastructure, modeling complex revenue flows, and building platforms that provide teams and agents data they can trust, this is your opportunity to transform how we think about money at SeatGeek.
What you'll do
  • Build and own core services that ingest PSP settlement and transactional data at scale, and translate it accurately into our general ledger and billing systems
  • Design and deliver the infrastructure that turns bespoke monetization deal terms into configuration, replacing point solutions with durable, auditable systems
  • Rapidly build and iterate tools to boost the quality and speed of interactions with our finance data, working AI-first by default
  • Partner with product engineering teams across the business to shape how transactional and settlement data gets modeled and exposed at the source - pushing for the data contracts we need instead of reverse-engineering what's convenient upstream
  • Communicate and collaborate with different stakeholders - Finance, Accounting, Data Scientists, Analysts, Data Platform Engineers, and Product - to institute best practices aimed at managing data quality
  • Maintain a high standard of accuracy, completeness, and operational excellence across the platform, in a SOX controlled environment
  • Create clear definitions and documentation of our data sources and systems, making ownership crystal clear
What you have
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record building and operating production backend systems
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, and the core engineering skills to learn new tools and frameworks quickly
  • Experience handling and processing transactional or financial data at scale, ideally in a SOX controlled environment
  • Experience designing services and data models that are reliable, auditable, and built to last
  • Familiarity with the interface between streaming production data and a data warehouse environment
  • Comfort operating without a playbook - defining architecture, ways of working, and roadmap as you go
  • Ability to break down complex technical concepts and explain them clearly to non-technical stakeholders
  • Bonus: knowledge of finance and accounting principles, and experience with payments infrastructure, marketplace payout platforms, or finance systems vendors
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: Python (FastAPI)
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Datadog, Gitlab
  • Datastores: Aurora (Postgres), Redshift, dbt
  • Streaming & workflows: Kafka, Flink, Airflow, Temporal
  • Saas: Workato, NetSuite
  • AI Tooling: Claude Code, Codex, LLMs
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 $144,000 - $209,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages within that range 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.

About SeatGeek

SeatGeek is a mobile-focused ticket platform that enables users to buy and sell tickets for live events. The company's platform aggregates ticket listings from various sources, including primary ticket providers, secondary ticket marketplaces, and individual sellers, and provides users with a single, easy-to-use interface for finding and purchasing tickets. SeatGeek's platform also includes a suite of tools for event organizers, including ticket scanning and analytics tools. The company has a strong focus on innovation and is committed to using technology to improve the ticket-buying experience for users.
Learn more about SeatGeek
Size
400 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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