Senior Platform Engineer

4 weeks ago

Chicago, 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 2024, 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.

The Opportunity:   

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will own the reliability, efficiency, and speed of our delivery pipeline; and help drive ongoing reliability, scalability, and security of our core cloud-based infrastructure platforms (primarily AWS). Your top priority will be ensuring our product teams can deliver software to production as quickly and safely as possible while building and maintaining a stable platform. You will be challenged to deliver in a unique ecosystem with highly burstable traffic patterns.  

How your role contributes to the success of Vivid Seats:   

  • As part of the platform engineering team, you will work closely with fellow cloud engineers, software engineers, security engineers, and product owners to understand their needs and optimize their productivity.   
  • Collaborate and show desire to support our engineering teams and bring a customer service-focused mindset to our platform engineering practice.   
  • Utilize tools and processes that help our teams iterate more quickly without sacrificing precision or reliability.  
  • Plan/design/lead efforts related to automation and tooling, scaling and overall site reliability to enable autonomy and ensure safety. Confident presenting plans and designs to wider architectural community and defending recommended approach.  
  • Drive ongoing performance enhancement across all areas of our cloud platform; networking, observability, CI/CD, access, security, cost.   
  • Mentor and collaborate with engineers to deepen our expertise in the DevOps/SRE domain.   

How your role expectations will progress as a DevOps 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. 
  • Be comfortable completing basic tasks in various areas of the entire platform domain 

90 days in 

  • Start identifying areas of improvement in our approaches, methods, or technologies to mitigate risks and improve efficiency. 
  • Build, maintain, and leverage internal and external relationships to achieve progress and advance objectives. 
  • Make meaningful contributions to team planning, estimations and software design sessions. 
  • Be a core contributor to ongoing platform projects. 
  • Be able to support our engineering stakeholders with more advanced requests. 

180 days in   

  • Design and implement process improvements that positively impact the team. 
  • Mentor others, playing an active role in elevating the skill sets of those you work with. 
  • Guide the team's work so that it fits into the larger team and engineering group objectives. 
  • Produce and deliver clean, correct code that drives team and company tech goals forward. 
  • Improve efficiency in core systems and applications managed by the team and contribute to engineering group objectives. 

What you will bring: 

  • Extensive experience administering Kubernetes clusters (preferably AWS EKS). 
  • Extensive experience working with Kubernetes workloads and core Kubernetes resources. 
  • Extensive experience with configuration-as-code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi or Ansible.   
  • Extensive experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and/or GitHub Actions. 
  • Familiarity with Amazon ECS. 
  • Deep understanding of service mesh/Istio implementations.  
  • Deep understanding of observability tools such as Datadog and ELK
  • Experience with at least one mainstream programming language such as Python, Java or Go. 
  • General understanding of cloud networking. 
  • Strong sense of ownership for own work and the team’s work.
  • A passion for automation, optimization, and productivity.  
  • Ability to lead colleagues and peers to resolution of issues.  

Vivid Seats provides competitive compensation; 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; remote work and snack allowances; and a variety of additional workplace perks. 

Location: Chicago, IL  

We believe in a hybrid 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

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.   

  • Senior Manager

    4 days ago

    Chicago, United States United Airlines Full time

    The Senior Manager of Platform Engineering will manage a team of highly technical engineers and platform architects who work closely with Engineering, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Shared Platforms, Application Development and Operations teams t IT, Platform Engineer, Manager, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, Platform, Airline

  • Senior Platform Engineer

    1 week ago

    Chicago, 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...

  • Senior DevSecOps Platform Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Full time

    Senior DevSecOps Platform Engineer page is loaded Senior DevSecOps Platform Engineer Apply locations Chicago, IL time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id 2409373 We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients. At...

  • Senior Platform Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States Motion Recruitment Full time

    A Chicago-based healthtech company is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to build new features and help the company scale. This is a full-time position, with a preference for candidates based in Chicago. In this role, you’ll be joining the platform team at a small company in the healthtech space. They’re undergoing a backend migration from Ruby into...

  • Senior Platform Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States GreenThumb Full time

    The Role We are looking for an exceptionally motivated Senior Platform Engineer to accelerate the development and certification of cutting-edge web and mobile eCommerce applications across our many lines of business: retail delivery/click-and-collect (B2C), wholesale B2B, and CPG brands both via retailer (B2B2C) and D2C where allowed. The role is a...

  • Senior Platform Engineer

    4 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States Green Thumb Full time

    The Role We are looking for an exceptionally motivated Senior Platform Engineer to accelerate the development and certification of cutting-edge web and mobile eCommerce applications across our many lines of business: retail delivery/click-and-collect (B2C), wholesale B2B, and CPG brands both via retailer (B2B2C) and D2C where allowed. The role is a...

  • Senior Manager

    7 days ago

    Chicago, United States United Airlines Full time

    Description There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose - Connecting People, Uniting the World - is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around...

  • Senior Manager

    2 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States United Airlines Full time

    Description There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of...

  • Senior Software Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States Balyasny Asset Management Full time

    ROLE OVERVIEW The Senior Software Engineer will be a key member of a small, focused product team working to create the core data platform that BAM’s data analysts, data scientists, quantitative investors, and researchers can rely on for sourcing investment data sets. The platform’s cloud-native ecosystem includes Dockerized ingestion pipelines running in...

  • Senior Platform Engineer

    1 month ago

    Chicago, United States CME Group Full time

    Description Platform Engineering Job Description The Platform Engineering team is a collection of highly skilled individuals ranging from development to operations with a security first mindset who strive to push the boundaries of technology. We champion a DevSecOps culture and raise the bar on how and when we deploy applications to production. Our core...

  • Platform Engineer

    1 month ago

    Chicago, United States InterEx Group Full time

    Position: Platform Engineer x2Location: Chicago, IL (preference), Nashville, TN, Indianapolis, IN, Evansville, IN or Minneapolis, MNContract to HireWe are seeking two Platform Engineers to join our team on a contract-to-hire basis. The primary responsibilities of the Platform Engineers will include building tool kits for data engineers, utilizing Azure stack...

  • Platform Engineer

    1 month ago

    Chicago, United States InterEx Group Full time

    Position: Platform Engineer x2Location: Chicago, IL (preference), Nashville, TN, Indianapolis, IN, Evansville, IN or Minneapolis, MNContract to HireWe are seeking two Platform Engineers to join our team on a contract-to-hire basis. The primary responsibilities of the Platform Engineers will include building tool kits for data engineers, utilizing Azure stack...

  • Platform Engineer

    1 month ago

    Chicago, United States InterEx Group Full time

    Position: Platform Engineer x2Location: Chicago, IL (preference), Nashville, TN, Indianapolis, IN, Evansville, IN or Minneapolis, MNContract to HireWe are seeking two Platform Engineers to join our team on a contract-to-hire basis. The primary responsibilities of the Platform Engineers will include building tool kits for data engineers, utilizing Azure stack...

  • Senior Software Engineer

    4 days ago

    Chicago, IL, United States Balyasny Asset Management L.P. Full time

    ROLE OVERVIEW The Senior Software Engineer will be a key member of a small, focused product team working to create the core data platform that BAM’s data analysts, data scientists, quantitative investors, and researchers can rely on for sourcing investment data sets. The platform’s cloud-native ecosystem includes Dockerized ingestion pipelines running...

  • Senior Application Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States Request Technology, LLC Full time

    Senior Application Engineer (Intapp Product Platform)Salary: Open + BonusLocation: First preference is Chicago, ILAlso open to the following locationsDallas, TX / Austin, TX / Houston, TX / Boston, MA / Palo Alto, CA / San Francisco, CA / Los Angeles, CA / NYC, NY / Salt Lake City, UT / Miami, FLHybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*We are unable to provide...

  • Principal Platform Engineer

    5 days ago

    Chicago, United States TAG - The Aspen Group Full time

    The Aspen Group (TAG) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S. and has supported over 20,000 healthcare professionals and team members at more than 1,300 health and wellness offices across 48 states in four distinct categories: dental care, urgent care, medical aesthetics, and animal health. Working...

  • Principal Platform Engineer

    7 days ago

    Chicago, United States TAG - The Aspen Group Full time

    The Aspen Group (TAG) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S. and has supported over 20,000 healthcare professionals and team members at more than 1,300 health and wellness offices across 48 states in four distinct categories: dental care, urgent care, medical aesthetics, and animal health. Working...

  • Principal Platform Engineer

    4 days ago

    Chicago, United States TAG - The Aspen Group Full time

    The Aspen Group (TAG) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S. and has supported over 20,000 healthcare professionals and team members at more than 1,300 health and wellness offices across 48 states in four distinct categories: dental care, urgent care, medical aesthetics, and animal health. Working...

  • Engineering Manager, Platforms

    1 week ago

    Chicago, Illinois, United States GCM Grosvenor Full time

    Summary As the Engineering Manager, Platforms you will lead a team critical to the success of GCM Grosvenor's technical strategy. This crucial team is the foundation for the Engineering organization. The Platforms team is responsible for building and maintaining our core platform technology and data in Microsoft Azure which enables our application teams to...

  • Junior Cloud Platform Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Chicago, United States Patterned Learning AI Full time

    Job DescriptionJunior Cloud Platform Engineer - Remote Job, 1+ Year Experience Annual Income: $60K - $65K, Onsite A valid work permit is necessary in the US/Canada About us: Patterned Learning is a platform that aims to help developers code faster and more efficiently. It offers features such as collaborative coding, real-time multiplayer editing, and the...