Senior Software Engineer

THE CHALLENGE

Eventbrite has built its business on empowering event creators with solutions to enable their success. In the process, we have touched millions of consumers, helping them get together, explore their interests, and pursue their passions through live experiences. Now, we’re embarking on a journey to make Eventbrite the go-to destination for consumers looking to discover live events.

To help us deliver on this vision, we’re looking for a Software Engineer with strong front-end skills and solid full-stack foundations. You’ll build fast, reliable, and engaging web experiences that help millions of users discover events they love. If you’re passionate about building beautiful, performant, and accessible web applications, enjoy collaborating across disciplines, and thrive in a dynamic product environment this role is for you.

THE TEAM

The Eventbrite Discovery pillar is tackling the challenge of establishing an effective, consistent, and relevant discovery experience to our consumers. Our team is committed to building a discovery experience that will increasingly feel like it was made just for you. Our team is currently looking for a data obsessed, highly collaborative person that will help us build intelligent systems to best serve our customers. You will contribute to Eventbrite engineering’s culture of technical excellence through inclusivity, knowledge sharing, and mentorship. This is more than an opportunity to join an amazing team of 5-6 engineers with a variety of specialties, it is a chance to impact Eventbrite’s platform and organization at scale.

THE ROLE

As a Software Engineer (Front-End / Full-Stack), you’ll play a key role in developing user-facing applications that bring Eventbrite’s discovery ecosystem to life. You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver intuitive and performant experiences powered by real-time and ML-driven insights.

YOU WILL

• Focus primarily on front-end development, crafting components, improving site performance, and evolving our design system,  while contributing across the stack as needed to build complete, end-to-end features.

• Build and enhance modern web applications using React, TypeScript, and Next.js

• Collaborate with design and product to deliver polished, accessible, and responsive user interfaces

• Implement server-side rendering (SSR) and efficient data-fetching patterns for optimal performance and SEO

• Contribute to full-stack features, including Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) APIs and service integrations in Node.js

• Use analytics and experimentation tools to validate and improve user experiences

• Ensure quality through thoughtful testing, code reviews, and continuous integration

• Monitor performance and reliability using modern observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing)

• Embrace AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate high-quality delivery

• Participate in architecture and design discussions, bringing a front-end perspective to technical decisions

• Contribute to a positive, inclusive team culture of learning and collaboration

• Use AI-assisted coding tools (such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar) to enhance development speed, accuracy, and maintainability

THE SKILLSET

• 3–5 years of experience building modern web applications in production

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript, including asynchronous programming and debugging

• Deep understanding of React (hooks, context, component design, state management) and SSR frameworks like Next.js

• Solid understanding of web accessibility (a11y) and internationalization/localization (i18n/l10n)

• Experience with HTTP and APIs — building and consuming REST or GraphQL services

• Working knowledge of Node.js for building lightweight API layers or backend-for-frontend services

• Familiarity with Core Web Vitals and performance optimization best practices

• Experience with testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions)

• Familiarity with AWS cloud services (CloudFront, S3, Lambda, ECS/Fargate) and modern deployment pipelines

• Good understanding of authentication and authorization (sessions, JWTs, CSRF protection)

• Comfortable working with feature flagging and experimentation tools (LaunchDarkly, Split, etc.)

• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a remote-first, cross-functional team

BONUS POINTS FOR

• Experience with multi-stage ranking or federated search systems

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and observability tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Datadog, Grafana, etc.)

• Prior work on consumer discovery, content personalization, or search ranking systems at scale

ABOUT EVENTBRITE

At Eventbrite everyone is invited to be their whole self and we cultivate an environment to make sure that is feasible throughout the entirety of an individual's time at Eventbrite. We are committed to providing competitive, valuable and meaningful benefits and experiences for our employees to ensure we meet them where they are in life. 

Cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where all people are invited and belong is our top priority. 

Employees can participate in resource groups and we offer global programming and training throughout the year to support a diverse and inclusive workplace.  Read more about our Diversity and Inclusion work for our team, culture, and community.

BENEFITS

We offer comprehensive benefits and a wellness package above and beyond standard medical benefits to support our Britelings’ lifestyle.

Eventbrite's global benefit programs are designed to meet you where you are by offering resources and support for your health, well-being, finances, and family. This includes support in a remote environment, wellness allowance, Carrot family planning benefit, Origin Financial Planning service, and other offerings to ease the mind and body like Modern Health and BriteBreaks (generally the first Friday of every month off).

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

At Eventbrite, we are dedicated to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, abilities and experiences to apply, and we make employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, or any other legally protected characteristic.

If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know.