Software Engineer II (Back-End)

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

AXS is seeking a Back-End Software Engineer II to join our team. The ideal candidate enjoys and thrives in working with a variety of tools, languages, and architectures while building features and applications for our core ticketing systems. You will work on consumer-facing and B2B applications that can scale and handle high demand, as well as complex enterprise systems that meet our global needs.

What Will You Do?

• Design and build new features and enhancements for our global ticketing platforms
• Optimize for user experience and performance in scaling out our applications to handle massive spikes in traffic
• Build scalable modules for internal applications and external partners
• Create services that power the core of our infrastructure, implementing APIs and features for our mission critical products
• Work closely with other engineers, architects, business analysts, product and project 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 with third parties to make a seamless and integrated experience for our customers and fans

What Will You Bring?

• 3+ 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 a cloud environment, AWS preferred
• Experience with building large scale high performance transactional systems and platforms
• Excellent communication skills
• Good 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
• Ability to learn new languages, skills and technologies quickly, with minimal guidance
• Tendency toward taking initiative, staying 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

 

Bonus points if You Have

• Experience with Web Technologies, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Technical foundation and experience with building Single Page Applications
• Experience with frameworks and interfaces such as ReactJS or NextJS
• Experience with development in Open-Source Technologies such as NodeJS
• Experience building and deploying re-usable JS modules, and Micro Front Ends
• Experience building mobile and responsive UI
• 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 using NOSQL databases such as Elasticsearch or AWS DynamoDB

Pay Scale: $119,000 - $132,899

 

What’s in it for You?

• Make an impact on the complex enterprise systems that reach a global audience
• Ability Extraordinary People – we’re not kidding!
• Meaningful Mission - Helping revolutionize an industry and deliver better experiences for fans and clients around the world.
• Opportunities for learning and leveling up through training and education reimbursement.

 

Curious about the typical interview process for this position? Here's what to expect:

• Stage 1: 20-min Recru