About Us:
Live experiences help people cross today’s digital divide and focus on what truly connects us – the here, the now, this once-in-a-lifetime moment that’s bringing us together. To fulfill Gametime’s mission of uniting the world through shared experiences, we make it easy for people to discover and access the live experiences that matter most.
With platforms on iOS, Android, mobile web and desktop supporting more than 60,000 events across the US and Canada, we are reimagining the event ticket industry in order to move at the speed of life.
Engineering at Gametime
You will be a key contributor to the Engineering team responsible for building and maintaining the client-side applications and backend systems that power the Gametime experience for millions of users. We empower engineers to take full ownership of their code and foster a culture grounded in testing, code reviews, observability, experimentation, and operational excellence. At Gametime, we value collaboration, inclusivity, and the strength of diverse perspectives that will create an environment where people love to build together.
We are also investing deeply in the future of AI. This includes building internal tools and workflows powered by AI, incorporating agentic systems into our backend architecture, and preparing our marketplace and infrastructure to be AI-ready. Engineers are encouraged to explore and adopt AI capabilities in their development process, and those who contribute to advancing AI adoption within our stack will play a key role in shaping that evolution.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer to join the Core E-Commerce Platform team. This team is responsible for the technology and systems that power the Payment, Fraud, and Account Management domains of the Gametime marketplace, spanning backend services and user-facing web and mobile applications.
This is a senior individual contributor (IC3) position for engineers who demonstrate strong technical ownership, contribute to key projects across the stack, and support engineering excellence through thoughtful implementation and collaboration. You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Design, Data, and business stakeholders to shape the future of our platform end-to-end.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement high-performance Golang microservices for e-commerce checkout, account management, and fraud mitigation.
- Build and maintain user-facing features across web and mobile clients using React and React Native, in close collaboration with Product and Design.
- Take ownership of full stack components and features, ensuring reliability, scalability, maintainability, and a high-quality user experience.
- Develop, test, monitor, and maintain critical integrations and infrastructure.
- Design and support robust internal and external APIs with high throughput and low latency requirements.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver technical solutions aligned with user and business goals.
- Participate in code reviews, share knowledge with teammates, and uphold engineering best practices across frontend and backend codebases.
- Drive projects from implementation to production deployment with a focus on quality, performance, and operational readiness.
- Contribute to ongoing improvements in system performance, observability, CI/CD workflows, and developer experience.
- Explore and help implement AI-powered capabilities within our systems and workflows, including agentic tools and intelligent automation.
- Support a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture through thoughtful communication and continuous improvement.
Key Competencies:
- Full Stack Development: Experience building end-to-end features spanning frontend, backend, and APIs.
- AI Fluency: Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) or contributing to AI-powered systems is a plus.
- Backend Development: Proficiency in building reliable backend systems using Golang (or Python, Ruby, Java, C++, C#, Rust, Scala, etc.).
- Frontend Development: Strong experience with React and familiarity building production web applications.
- Mobile Development: Experience with React Native or native mobile development concepts, with an understanding of performance and platform constraints.
- System Design: Experience developing distributed systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- API Development: Capable of designing and maintaining well-structured internal and external APIs.
- Working Familiarity With: OIDC Authentication (Google, Apple SSO), e-commerce fraud prevention, and payment service provider integrations (e.g., Stripe).
- Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Event-Driven Systems: Experience working with messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
- Databases: Solid experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL technologies (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB).
- Team Collaboration: Works effectively with cross-functional partners and shares knowledge through code reviews and discussion.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 5+ years in software engineering.
What We can Offer:
- Flexible PTO
- Competitive salary & equity package
- Monthly Gametime credits for any event ($1,200/yr)
- Medical, dental, & vision insurance
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Diverse Family-forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- 401k, HSA, pre-tax savings programs
- Company off-sites and meet-ups
- Wellness programs
- Tenure recognition
Gametime is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, veteran status, sex, parental status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our company.
