Sr. Software Engineer - Core Platform

AXS connects fans with the artists and teams they love. Each year we sell millions of tickets to thousands of incredible events – from concerts and festivals to sports and theater – at some of the most iconic venues in the world. Since our founding in 2011, we’ve consistently pushed the industry forward and improved experiences for fans, making it easier than ever to discover events, find the perfect seats, and enjoy unforgettable live entertainment, and we continue to lead the evolution of our industry today.

We’re passionate about improving the fan experience and providing game-changing solutions for our clients, and we’re always looking for smart, motivated people to help make it happen. Bring your enthusiasm, your big ideas, and your desire to team up with some of the best and brightest in technology and entertainment.  

 

The Role

We’re currently seeking several talented and motivated Sr. Software Engineers to join our Engineering team. The ideal candidate enjoys and thrives in working with a variety of tools, languages, systems and architectures while building features and services for our core ticketing systems. You will work on B2B applications that can scale and handle high demand, as well as complex enterprise systems that meet our global needs. Following the technical interview process, candidates may be considered for Senior Engineer I or II levels, depending on experience and demonstrated aptitude.   What will you do?

• Design and build new features and enhancements for our global ticketing platforms.
• Optimize for performance in scaling out our applications to handle massive spikes in traffic
• Create services that power the core of our infrastructure, implementing APIs and features for our mission critical back-end products.
• Optimize throughput and dynamically scale our distributed systems to handle traffic and requests in varying from the tens to hundreds of thousands.
• Design and develop scalable, public-facing APIs that enable scalable and robust integration with partner platforms.
• Work closely with other engineers, architects, business analysts, and product managers to create innovative solutions that continue to push the boundaries of our business.
• Participate in design and code reviews to ensure best practices and high-quality code.
• Develop consistent, well tested code on Open Source Programming Languages and Frameworks.
• Work on implementing and developing the latest security measures to fight against fraud and malicious bot attacks

What to Bring

• 4+ years of relevant software development experience within a professional environment
• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Proficiency with C#, with a good knowledge of .NET, .NET core and its ecosystems.
• Understanding of cloud environments and infrastructure as code
• Experience developing API services that are used by multiple systems in AWS
• Experience with building large scale high performance transactional systems and platforms
• Excellent communication skills
• Solid technical foundation and experience with service-oriented architectures and web services
• Understanding of the software development life cycle
• Ability to execute process and standards around code quality and the deployment lifecycle
• Experience in working with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Experience mentoring less senior colleagues
• Proven record of learning new languages, skills and technologies quickly, with minimal guidance
• Takes initiative, stays focused, always accountable. 
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with the ability to focus on achieving the target while minding longer term goals along the way

 

Nice to Have

• Solid experience with Web Technologies, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Experience with frameworks and interfaces such as ReactJS or NextJS
• Experience with Kafka, Docker, Terraform
• Experience using NOSQL databases such as Elasticsearch or AWS DynamoDB
• Experience with Git version control and Gitflow
• Experience with TDD and/or BDD
• Experience in the ticketing industry, inventory management systems or e-commerce

Experience defining, developing and maintaining REST-based interfaces.   Pay Scale: $133,309 - $150,000

Bonus: This position is eligible for a bonus under the current bonus plan requirements.

Benefits: Full-time: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental and vision insurance, paid holidays, vacation and sick time, company paid basic life insurance,