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Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Seatgeek INC · 🇺🇸 Remote - United States · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 15 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Seatgeek INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Software Engineer II” (Software Developers) in WA: $170k–$245k, median $170k. Most were filed at wage level I (33%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 15 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
SeatGeek believes live events are powerful experiences that unite humans. With our technological savvy and fan-first attitude we’re simplifying and modernizing the ticketing industry. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join SeatGeek’s Platform team. You'll improve the systems that power the entirety of SeatGeek's technology ecosystem. This unique role combines both the craftsmanship and rigor of traditional Software Engineering, whilst also incorporating an openness to the development of the underlying infrastructure; including core compute, infrastructure as code, database, and network infrastructure. The nature of the ticketing engineering industry places unique constraints and workflows on our systems and infrastructure, especially during high-load onsales, requiring out of the box solutions and automation to be the norm. This team is the backbone to our Enterprise and Consumer lines of business as we grow our primary and secondary ticketing platforms that support world-class clients such as the Dallas Cowboys, and Manchester City FC. What you'll do • Bring a software engineers’ mindset to SeatGeeks’ unique scaling, workflow automation and resilience challenges • Build and maintain tools that our developers use to observe their applications, and drive initiatives to increase our overall reliability • Engineer resilient and observable networking infrastructure that supports a diverse set of workloads across multiple regions • Collaborate with other departments on how to run production systems and deployments with autonomy • Support teams with expertise in the area of deployment, configuration, routing, monitoring and scalability in all parts of the stack • Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to bring ideas to life faster than ever while upholding SeatGeek’s technical and product standards; no token limits • Become a force multiplier by mentoring and leading the team around you • Participate in an on-call schedule to help our customers experience more live What you have • Passion for craftsmanship and product. You have well-considered opinions about how software and reliable infrastructure should work, and hold yourself and your code to a high standard • Experience building business critical software in a fast-paced environment. We'll be interested in hearing about what you've built and how • Experience solving complex technical challenges. SeatGeek engineers create custom solutions to unique ticketing problems, including high traffic onsales, interactive venue maps, inventory tracking, and event matching. We'll be excited to hear about challenging problems you've solved • Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and serverless compute platforms • Experience with continuous integration, delivery, testing, and code deployment • Experience using observability tools to make performance improvements and forecast growth • Experience improving system architecture, diagnosing shortcomings and implementing evidence-based recommendations Our stack You do not need experience with all of these, but we thought you might be curious. What we care about is your experience, skills, and approach to problem solving. Tools can be learned. • Languages: Go, C#, Python, Bash • Runtimes: Kubernetes, Docker, ECS/Fargate, Lambda • Datastores: Postgres, SQL Server, Memcache, Redis, and Elasticsearch • Streaming & workflows: Kafka, Flink, Airflow, Temporal • Service Discovery and Routing: Cilium, Consul, Envoy, CoreDNS • Monitoring: DataDog • Incident Management: PagerDuty • Configuration Management: Chef, Ansible • Secrets Management: Vault • Infrastructure as Code: Cloudformation, Terraform • Cloud Providers: AWS • Version control: Git • CI / CD: Gitlab CI Perks • Equity stake • Discretionary annual bonus • F