The Opportunity:
As a Sr. Web Engineer you will help build and optimize web technology that delivers billions of page views to www.vividseats.com. In this role, you'll be responsible for evolving our current UI practices, while creating the next generation of Vivid Seats' front end on a cross-functional and fast-moving team. Our engineering team has recently migrated all of our JavaScript to a modern ES6 build process, and are working to adopt ReactJS and progressive SPA practices in addition to server-side rendered experiences. We are a test-and-learn culture that allows our engineering and UX team members to launch A/B experiments that impact hundreds of thousands of users per day. 
 
You'll have the opportunity to work with our product and UX specialists to turn mockups into features and assist product and technical leadership in project planning and influencing technical decisions. You will be responsible for building and delivering consistently performing UIs, and abstracting these into reusable patterns. 
 
To be successful, you'll need: 

• A proven career building applications and services in JavaScript and at least one client-side JavaScript framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc. – React preferred)  
• Experience leading the design and delivery of modern web solutions as part of an agile or cross functional team
• Strong knowledge of front-end web languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)  
• Experience with JavaScript testing frameworks (Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, etc.) 
• Exposure to server-side web technologies (Node, Java, Spring, etc.)  
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills  
• A desire to contribute opinions on responsive design techniques, and progressive enhancement 
• Creativity, fearlessness and an unwavering commitment to putting the customer first 

What We Offer: 

Vivid Seats is the largest independent online ticket marketplace, sending tens of millions of fans to live events. Experiences Matter - which is why we continue to grow year over year. Working at Vivid Seats puts you front and center at the opportunity to scale our best in class platform that allows our fans to sit closer and experience more. 
 
At Vivid Seats, you will have the opportunity to work with the flexibility and speed of a startup; while operating at massive, profitable scale. We keep our teams lean, allowing each employee direct accountability of creating a positive ticket buying experience. We are relentless and move quickly to release new features and content to our applications. Good ideas are heard and implemented, and hard work rewarded. Being a part of our team means having the ability to drive impact and own the innovation that connects our tens of millions of unique monthly users to the memorable experiences that only live events create. 
 
We are passionate about creating memorable experiences for our fans and the best in class experience for our employees. Vivid Seats offers competitive compensation levels, individual and team-based bonus opportunities, 401K matching, a generous benefits package and Flex PTO policy plus a variety of workplace perks.

Location:

111 N Canal Suite #800 
Chicago, IL 60606 
This position will start remotely.