Senior Software Engineer - Innovation

THE CHALLENGE

Eventbrite's business continues to grow and scale rapidly, powering millions of live events across the world. As we partner with event creators to bring the best and most unique experiences for our event attendees, we are investing heavily in building innovative AI-powered tools and interfaces. We are looking for a creative problem solver who enjoys tinkering with new tools and technology. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will ideate, prototype, experiment and iterate on new ideas that drive innovation for this global platform.

THE TEAM

Eventbrite powers millions of live events for hundreds of millions of attendees each year across over 170 countries. The Innovation Team explores AI and ML technologies, prototypes new products and features, rapidly experiments to validate them at scale, and partners closely with peer dev teams to methodically take them to market.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Innovation team, you will rapidly prototype and release new ideas, run experiments, and iterate based on results. You’ll partner across the company to shape concepts into viable MVPs and build automation that streamlines internal operations. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, you’ll help graduate prototypes into full-scale production, while evaluating AI and ML tools for integration into our tech stack. In addition, you’ll contribute to hiring, onboarding, and mentoring engineers, fostering a transparent culture where ownership and impact are core values.

THE TECH STACK

As part of the Eventbrite Innovation Team, you will prototype using the best technologies for each project while leveraging Eventbrite’s established engineering stack, including React, React Native, and AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, and ECS/Fargate. The team embraces flexibility to experiment with emerging frameworks and AI/ML tools for rapid proofs of concept, while utilizing the broader company stack to scale successful prototypes into production. This approach ensures we remain at the forefront of innovation while maintaining alignment with Eventbrite’s core technologies.

THE SKILLSET

• 4+ years of experience building products in cross-functional, agile engineering teams
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences
• Solid technical background with a passion for AI/ML and rapid prototyping
• A track record of delivering maintainable, well-tested code
• Full-stack or mobile experience preferred; Data/ML engineering skills are a plus.
• Proficiency with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Services
• Comfort with architectural discussions, asking insightful questions, and guiding technical trade-offs
• Experience working in a highly collaborative, remote-first environment
• Thrives in a fast-paced team that frequently experiments and ships code to production

BONUS POINTS FOR

• Experience building or innovating as part of an early-stage startup and/or open-source contributions
• Relevant project/work experience with GenAI (OpenAI (GPT), Llama, Anthropic (Claude/Sonnet), or other LLMs), or multimodal AI (Gemini, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, etc.)

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).

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