As a Principal Software Engineer in Eventbrite, you will embody Eventbrite engineerings culture of technical excellence and will help drive sweeping architectural changes as we modernize our platform
Youll provide technical leadership across multiple teams like Identity (user management), Risk and Fraud, and other critical functions that made serving over 5 million events in nearly 180 countries in 2022 a possibility
Our primary stack is Python/Django and Kotlin based microservices, running on the AWS platform
In addition to self-managed infrastructure like RabbitMQ and Kafka, we heavily rely on various AWS services such as Aurora, OpenSearch, ElastiCache, and many others
We also leverage the HashiCorp toolset in our stack (Consul, Nomad, Vault, and Terraform)
YOU WILL
Drive Eventbrites transition from self-hosted services to cloud-managed services, helping our teams build highly scalable, fault tolerant solutions for our users.
Educate other engineering teams and advocate for scalable and maintainable architectural decisions.
Collaborate closely with other Eventbrite engineering teams to build out additional observability throughout our stack utilizing tools like Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, and others.
Investigate new technologies and tools and recommend those that best fit the team and organization.
Work closely with AWS, leveraging a number of cloud native solutions to modernize the Eventbrite platform.
THE SKILLSET
Understanding and application of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
15+ years of application development and design experience with modern languages like Python, Kotlin, etc.
Advanced knowledge of complex software design, distributed system design, design patterns, data structures and algorithms.
Deep understanding of cloud providers such as AWS, and cloud architectures and design patterns.
Track record of delivering successful solutions and collaborating with others.
You enjoy teaching and mentoring others.
BONUS POINTS FOR
You have experience working with modern frontend frameworks: React, Backbone/Marionette, etcActive Eventbrite user with a passion for live events
