Job Specifications
StubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. Whether someone is looking to attend their first event or their hundredth, we’re here to delight them all the way from the moment they start looking for a ticket until they step through the gate. The same goes for our sellers. From fans selling a single ticket to the promoters of a worldwide stadium tour, we want StubHub to be the safest, most convenient way to offer a ticket to the millions of fans who browse our platform around the world.
StubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. Whether someone is attending their first event or their hundredth, we’re here to support them from the moment they start searching for tickets through the moment they walk through the gate. Behind every great fan experience is accurate, timely, and trustworthy event data. That foundation is built by our Catalog team.
To support StubHub’s continued growth and global scale, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and evolve the systems that power StubHub’s live event catalog. This role sits at the heart of the platform and is ideal for engineers who enjoy working on data-intensive, highly reliable systems with broad company-wide impact. As a Senior Software Engineer on Catalog, you will tackle complex and ambiguous problems, design systems that scale with the live events ecosystem, and act as a technical leader within a highly collaborative engineering culture.
Senior engineers at StubHub are expected to demonstrate strong ownership, technical judgment, and a bias toward impact. You will help set technical direction, mentor teammates, and ensure the systems you build are resilient, extensible, and trusted by teams across the company.
Location: Hybrid (3 days in office/2 days remote) – New York, NY or Century City, CA
About The Team
The Catalog team forms the foundation of the StubHub consumer experience and is central to our mission of connecting people with unforgettable live events. The team is responsible for sourcing, ingesting, and categorizing live event data, storing it efficiently as the catalog continues to grow, and exposing that data through scalable and intuitive interfaces used across the company.
Catalog powers critical use cases across Consumer Experience, Paid Search, Fulfillment, Customer Service, and Performance Marketing. The team also serves as the system of record for visual assets such as images and maps, playing a pivotal role in how StubHub looks and feels to millions of users each month. In addition, the team builds systems that blend automated pipelines with human and agent-assisted operations to ensure StubHub maintains comprehensive and accurate awareness of live events worldwide.
As a foundational platform team, Catalog acts as an innovation engine for downstream teams, enabling richer fan experiences, more relevant advertising, and more efficient internal operations.
What You'll Do
Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain mission-critical systems that ingest, store, and serve live event catalog data at scale
Own complex initiatives end-to-end, from early design through production launch and ongoing iteration
Build scalable APIs and services that power consumer experiences, paid marketing, fulfillment, and internal tooling
Partner closely with engineers, product managers, and data teams to solve ambiguous problems with significant business impact
Ensure high standards for reliability, data quality, performance, and operational excellence in production systems
Improve system architecture and engineering practices to support rapid growth in catalog size and usage
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, helping raise the technical bar and foster a culture of ownership and collaboration
What You've Done
6+ years of professional experience in software development
Extensive experience developing robust, mission-critical systems using general-purpose programming languages(e.g., Java, C#)
Demonstrated expertise in building software with one or more of the following: Infrastructure, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, API Design, and Distributed Systems
Previous experience designing and developing solutions to complex problems with significant business impact
A strong understanding of how their systems interact with the broader production environment, including dependencies and platform primitives
Proven ability to learn other coding languages, platforms, frameworks, and tools
Experience owning projects from the initial idea all the way to production
Experience mentoring junior engineers
What We Offer
Accelerated Growth Environment: Immerse yourself in an environment designed for swift skill and knowledge enhancement, where you have the autonomy to lead experiments and tests on a massive scale.
Top Tier Compensation Package: Enjoy a rewarding compensation package that includes enticing stock incentives, aligning with our commitment to recognizing and valuing your
About the Company
At StubHub, our mission is to give everyone the freedom to access and connect through live experiences. As the world's leading live event marketplace, we connect fans, sellers, and partners globally, providing access to an expansive catalog of events across more than 90 countries and territories. In 2024 alone, fans purchased over 40 million tickets from more than 1 million unique sellers on our marketplace. Operating in 33 languages and offering transactions in 48 currencies, StubHub ensures that fans everywhere can discove...
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