Sr. React Native Engineer

1 day ago


Chicago, IL, United States Vivid Seats Full time
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 Built In's top 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 produce better outcomes for our customers.

The Opportunity:

As a Senior React Native Engineer, you will build and support systems responsible for our flagship mobile application. You will work on the latest cross-platform technology and make decisions which will directly impact product direction. Following React, front-end, and mobile development best practices, you'll be responsible for developing frameworks that scale to the needs of other internal development teams at Vivid Seats.

How your role contributes to the success of Vivid Seats:
  • Help set the direction of the front-end systems powering our ticket marketplace.
  • Architect experiments and innovative solutions that give Vivid Seats a competitive advantage, encourage team members, and champion technology improvements for your team.
  • Work cross-functionally with other development teams and business stakeholders to deliver impact iteratively.
  • Tackle difficult challenges while scaling an e-commerce marketplace by developing creative algorithms and features that maximize value and efficiency across the organization.
  • Collaborate to develop and maintain best practices across the software development lifecycle.
  • Mentor other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and tech talks.
  • Help us grow by sharing your unique insights and perspectives.
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 applications 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:
  • 5+ years professional experience building applications in React or React Native
  • Native iOS and/or Android development experience (preferred, not required)
  • You've developed and shipped user-facing features using component-based UI frameworks.
  • Experience in 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 and equity 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

#LI-MM1

#LI-Hybrid

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.

  • Chicago, IL, United States Capgemini Full time

    About the job you’re considering We are seeking a React Native Tech Lead to spearhead the development of high-quality, scalable mobile applications for iOS and Android. This role combines hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities, ensuring technical excellence and guiding a distributed development team. Your role • Lead and mentor a team of React...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Capgemini Full time

    About the job you’re considering We are seeking a React Native Tech Lead to spearhead the development of high-quality, scalable mobile applications for iOS and Android. This role combines hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities, ensuring technical excellence and guiding a distributed development team. Your role • Lead and mentor a team of React...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Capgemini Full time

    About the job you’re considering We are seeking a React Native Tech Lead to spearhead the development of high-quality, scalable mobile applications for iOS and Android. This role combines hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities, ensuring technical excellence and guiding a distributed development team. Your role • Lead and mentor a team of React...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Bayone Full time

    Location- Chicago Will this be Hybrid or Remote is fine - 3 days mandate to client office. Duration of the contrast - Long term for now. Senior React Native Developer/Architect - Android Specialist Key Responsibilities: Review the architecture and provide recommendations. With strong STT background Reverse engineer a large-scale React Native...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Bayone Full time

    Location- Chicago Will this be Hybrid or Remote is fine - 3 days mandate to client office. Duration of the contrast - Long term for now. Senior React Native Developer/Architect - Android Specialist Key Responsibilities: Review the architecture and provide recommendations. With strong STT background Reverse engineer a large-scale React Native...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Redolent Full time

    Senior React Native Developer/Architect - Android Specialist Key Responsibilities: Review the architecture and provide recommendations. With strong STT background Reverse engineer a large-scale React Native super app into modular, maintainable components. Analyze and document the full tech stack across the JavaScript and Android native bridge. ...


  • Chicago, IL, United States LUDEX, LLC Full time

    LUDEX, LLC is an AI Tech and mobile app development company in the sport/trading card and collectible industry and we are looking to add a Team Lead | Senior React Native Developer to our growing technology team. This is a hands-on technical role for an experience React Native developer, yet includes the opportunity to mentor and lead others. Come be a part...


  • Chicago, IL, United States LUDEX, LLC Full time

    LUDEX, LLC is an AI Tech and mobile app development company in the sport/trading card and collectible industry and we are looking to add a Team Lead | Senior React Native Developer to our growing technology team. This is a hands-on technical role for an experience React Native developer, yet includes the opportunity to mentor and lead others. Come be a part...


  • Chicago, IL, United States LUDEX, LLC Full time

    LUDEX, LLC is an AI Tech and mobile app development company in the sport/trading card and collectible industry and we are looking to add a Team Lead | Senior React Native Developer to our growing technology team. This is a hands-on technical role for an experience React Native developer, yet includes the opportunity to mentor and lead others. Come be a part...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Redolent Full time

    Senior React Native Developer/Architect - iOS Specialist Key Responsibilities: Review the architecture and provide recommendations. With strong STT background Deconstruct and document the architecture of a large React Native super app. Lead the integration of iOS-native modules and optimize the bridge between Swift/Objective-C and React Native. ...