This opportunity can be hybrid in New York, NY, Irvine, CA or Los Angeles, CA.
About the Opportunity:
StubHub is looking for Staff Software Engineers to design, build, and lead the development of the next-generation technologies and complex features that change how millions of users explore, interact with and participate in live events worldwide. You will be part of a highly collaborative cross-functional team including product, design, engineering,
data science and analytics. As a Staff
Software Engineer, not only you will be at the forefront of tackling significant, ambiguous, and non-trivial challenges, distilling them down to structured execution plans to deliver robust, high-quality and impactful solutions at scale but also, you will be an integral part of developing the team's commercial and product strategy and will be expected to be equally focused on user needs and to exercise good commercial (not just technical) judgement.
StubHub is committed to being a phenomenal and inclusive place to work. As a Staff
Software Engineer, you will not only be a technical leader and innovator, but also a coach who lifts everyone around you and inspires a growth mindset across your team. Our most technical engineers are also the humblest advocates for their team members, and they operate from a place of empathy and inclusion, often teaching the same to their colleagues. Such leadership, along with bias for action, pragmatism, robustness, operational excellence, and high quality of deliverables, are some of the core tenets of this role.
We would like to see someone who has:
7+ years of relevant work experience in software development
Understanding of core
JavaScript concepts, and practical experience building robust stateful web applications
Extensive experience in designing large scale web applications across the entire stack using multiple general-purpose programming languages (e.g.,
Python,
Java, C#,
Javascript), with a proven ability to learn other coding languages, platforms, frameworks, and tools
Demonstrated expertise in building high-quality scalable applications from JS to DB with one or more of the following: REST APIs,
GraphQL API, Web Frameworks and one or more
JavaScript libraries such as
React or Vue
Experience designing and developing solutions to complex problems with significant business impact
Hands-on technical leadership experience, and proven ability to coach others resulting in a significant improvement of their capabilities
Proven track record of collaborating across multiple teams, managing technical conflicts, and leading decision making
As a Staff
Software Engineer at StubHub, you’ll be able to:
Help build a team and cultivate innovation by driving cross-collaboration and executing projects across multiple teams
Lead designs of major services, frameworks, toolsets, and features
Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain impactful improvements across StubHub's platforms and products
Demonstrate consistently executing with agility resulting in high-quality outcomes.
Manage individual initiative priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
Mentor and train other team members and help many increase their technical capabilities
Foster a culture of inclusion, results-oriented execution, open innovation, and limitless creativity in your team
Champion process and culture improvements within the Engineering organization
What we offer:
An environment where you can quickly grow your skills and knowledge, and have the autonomy to make decisions regarding experiments and tests on a massive scale
A+ compensation package, including stock incentives
Unlimited PTO, 401k, and Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
Free weekly lunches, a variety of office snacks, cold-brew and kombucha kegs, and team events
About StubHub:
StubHub is on a mission to give the world the freedom to connect to powerful live experiences no matter where they are, whenever they want. Whether it's Harry Styles, the Yankees, Billie Eilish or Real Madrid, we're here to give fans the access to the live entertainment they love. That means we must power the destination for every type of live event fan to unlock the transformative live experience that’s right for them. We are their ticket to unforgettable memories – the crack of the bat, the first guitar chord or drum tap, the roar of the crowd at the championship winning goal, the joke that makes their belly ache from laughter. To do this, we must have the most premiere industry partnerships that deliver more seamless integrated solutions and aggregate the widest event catalogue, know our customers to design more personalized discovery of that very catalogue and get that fan into the event of their dreams so they keep coming back. Daily innovation is at the crux of how we do this and a passionate team that rigorously prioritizes the most results-oriented work they can deliver is what gets it done and keeps us leading the industry.
The anticipated gross base annual salary range for this role is $240,000 – $350,000 per year. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies. Base annual salary is one component of StubHub’s total compensation and competitive benefits package, which includes equity, 401(k), paid time off, paid parental leave, and comprehensive health benefits.