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 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:  

• You will implement, maintain and improve business critical app features used every day by fans 
• You will participate in and contribute to a robust team culture of delivering quality software 
• You will learn and help develop the team’s best practices in design patterns, code quality, testing, and innovation to honor our commitment of always putting our customers first.  

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.  
• Maintain, harvest and aid 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 contributes into larger team and engineering group objectives.  
• Produce and deliver clean, correct code that drives team and company tech goals forward.  

 What You’ll Bring:  

• 2+ years professional experience building applications in React (React Native preferred, but not required)
• 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, Java, Spring) (preferred, not required)
• Experience with JavaScript/Typescript testing frameworks (Mocha, Jest, Enzyme, etc.) 
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills to document and share team best practices across the department.   

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. 

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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.