Job Description
Who we are: Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. We believe in the power of experiences and are fiercely dedicated to building products that inspire human connections. Named as one of BuiltIn’stop places to work in 2025, we believe that our People are our greatest competitive advantage. To support our People, we have built a company culture that empowers our employees to embrace challenges, encourages unity through collaboration, and seeks to constantly evolve by leveraging data and inspiring innovation.
We believe in harnessing emerging technology to power performance and unlock creativity. As part of our culture of innovation, we actively embrace the use of AI tools to enhance decision-making, improve workflows, and producebetter outcomes for our customers.
The Opportunity:
As a Senior React Native Engineer, you’ll be at the center of how millions of fans experience live events — from the moment they search for a ticket to the second they walk through the gate. You’ll shape the architecture of Vivid Seats’ flagship mobile app and the APIs powering it, working on the full cross-platform stack with real influence over product direction. You’ll partner directly with product, design, and engineering leaders to ship experiences that matter to real people on game day.
How your role contributes to the success of Vivid Seats:
- Own the mobile platform - set the technical direction for the front-end systems at the heart of our ticket marketplace.
- Build what’s next - architecting experiments and innovative features that give Vivid Seats a competitive edge, from AI-powered discovery to seamless checkout flows.
- Move the needle - tackle hard e-commerce scaling challenges and ship creative solutions that drive measurable value across the org.
- Raise the bar - champion best practices, mentor engineers through pairing and code reviews, and push the craft forward for your whole team.
- Work cross functionally - collaborate with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver real impact, iteratively and with intention.
- Bring new perspective - your unique insights will help shape how we grow.
How your role expectations will progress as a React Native Engineer in the first 30, 90, and 180 days:
30 days in
- Complete new hire orientation, gaining the resources you need to be successful.
- Learn how ticket marketplaces operate and how you’ll contribute to providing great experiences for our customers.
- Acclimate to team and company norms, business objectives, and Vivid Seats values.
- Develop basic understanding of applications, tech stack, and development process.
90 days in
- Contribute to our approaches, methods, or technologies to support overall business goals and drive team efficiencies.
- Cultivate and maintain internal and external relationships to achieve progress and advance objectives.
- Contribute to team planning, estimations, and design sessions.
180 days in
- Apply methods to execute individual tasks that positively impacts the team.
- Play an active role in continued learnings to advance skill sets necessary for team goals.
- Have self-sufficiency in all codebases touched by the team.
- Actively contribute to larger team and engineering group objectives.
- Produce and deliver clean, correct code that drives team and company tech goals forward.
What You’ll Bring:
- 7+ years professional experience building applications in React Native or React
- Native iOS and/or Android development experience preferred
- You’ve developed and shipped user-facing features using component-based UI frameworks.
- Experience designing, building, and testing modern web or cross-platform mobile solutions as part of an agile or cross-functional team
- Experience with client-side application state libraries (Redux, RTK)
- Strong knowledge of front-end languages (JavaScript, TypeScript)
- Exposure to server-side web technologies (Node, Express, Java, Spring) (preferred, not required)
- Experience with JavaScript/Typescript testing frameworks (Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, etc.)
- A proactive mindset toward embracing, experimenting, and integrating AI tools to drive efficiency, elevate your work, and contribute to a culture of innovation.
Vivid Seats Pay Transparency Disclaimer: Full time offers from Vivid Seats include annual bonus incentives for all employees; FLEX PTO; mental health days; medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401K matching; monthly credits and discounts for attending live events; and a variety of additional workplace perks. The typical starting salary within the full salary range for this position can range. Factors which may affect starting salary include geographic market, relevant skills/experience, education, and other qualifications.
Full Salary Range: $135,000 – $165,000 USD
https://corporate.vividseats.com/careers/
Location: Chicago, IL
We believe in a hybrid 3 days/week in-office working model, which provides employees the flexibility to take advantage of in-person and remote collaboration. Check out our brand new HQ office, bursting with the energy of live events fandom and the vibrancy of Chicago’s rising tech scene
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Our Commitment: We are an equal opportunity employer that values the critical importance of a diverse workforce and sense of belonging. Many of our roles have flexible requirements and we encourage you to apply regardless of whether you meet every qualification.
