Staff Frontend AI Engineer at SeatGeek | $144k-$209k in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
High-Impact Senior Role at the AI Frontier: This is a Staff/Senior+ frontend engineering position with an explicit focus on generative AI — one of the hottest skill areas in tech right now. Building user-facing AI features at scale positions you at the intersection of two high-demand disciplines: frontend architecture and applied AI product development.
Compensation vs. Market: At $144k–$209k USD plus equity and bonus, this is competitive for a senior/staff frontend engineer in the US market. Glassdoor and Levels.fyi data suggest staff-level frontend engineers at comparable companies earn $180k–$220k total comp, so the base range is solid, especially with the equity stake on top.
Skills You'll Develop:
- Generative AI integration into production consumer products — highly marketable
- TypeScript/React/Next.js at scale — industry-standard, durable skills
- Mentorship and engineering leadership — critical for Staff/Principal trajectory
- Full-stack Python exposure for AI pipelines — broadens your profile beyond pure frontend
Culture Signals: SeatGeek is a growth-stage startup in a disrupted industry. The emphasis on "fan-first," product instincts, and AI innovation suggests a fast-moving, product-centric culture. The generous perks package (16 weeks parental leave, $25k family building support) signals a maturing company investing in retention.
Green Flags: Clear mentorship mandate, modern stack, explicit AI focus, and genuine schedule flexibility. Watch for: Ticketing is a competitive and cyclical industry — understand SeatGeek's market position relative to Ticketmaster/StubHub before committing.
SeatGeek believes live events are powerful experiences that unite humans. With our technological savvy and fan-first attitude we're simplifying and modernizing the ticketing industry.
By catering to both consumers and enterprises, we're powering a new, open entertainment ecosystem where fans have effortless access to experiences, and teams, venues, and shows have seamless access to their audiences. Because everyone should expect more from ticketing.
SeatGeek has an ever-evolving product that's reshaping the way the ticketing industry works. You'll join the team responsible for ensuring SeatGeek.com is fast, reliable, and delivering joy to all of our fans.
What you'll do- Bring a passion for product to work with the SeatGeek design team and product managers to bring ideas to life to delight fans with AI-powered features
- Mentor and grow web engineers across the organization as you remain on the cutting edge of AI feature development and tool use
- Contribute to increasing the maturity of our front end tech strategy and stack with a focus on generative AI
- 5+ years of professional experience in frontend software engineering, having led product initiatives end-to-end in recent years, preferably with user-facing AI
- TypeScript/JavaScript: You have an exceptional grasp of the language. You keep up with the latest spec and look for every opportunity to use new features. You're familiar with at least one modern framework and client side rendering technique. We use TypeScript, React, and Next.js to create our user interfaces, although specific knowledge of those is not a prerequisite
- UI & Product Instincts: You have feelings about how a web page should look and feel, care about the nuances of how users will work with the product you're building, and aim to build inclusive and accessible experiences. We don't expect you to be a visual designer, but we're looking for someone who can build on the work of our experienced design team and express opinions about how best to leverage AI
- Architecture and Performance Optimization: You are comfortable going deeper into the stack to untangle caching inefficiencies, and troubleshoot across a wide array of distributed systems that make up a dynamic web application. You know how to use monitors and testing to know if changes improved or degraded the experience. You know how to architect for performance and maintainability
- Adaptability: You have comfort working full stack in Python when needed to get things done. You have some experience with design tools like Figma or Sketch. If you've never worked with any of these in your life but want to fearlessly dive in, please still apply
You do not need experience with any of these, but we thought you might be curious. What we care about is your experience, skills, and approach to problem solving. Tools can be learned.
- Languages: TypeScript, Python
- Libraries / Frameworks: Next.js, React
- Infrastructure / Tools: AWS, K8s, Fastly, Datadog, Mixpanel, Eppo
- Equity stake
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you'd like or 100% remotely
- A WFH stipend to support your home office setup
- Unlimited PTO
- Up to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave
- 401(k) matching
- Student loan matching program
- Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
- Up to $25k towards family building, reproductive health services and gender-affirming care
- $500 per year for wellness expenses
- Subscriptions to Headspace (meditation), Headspace Care (therapy), and One Medical
- $360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events
- Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music
The salary range for this role is $144,000 - $209,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages within that range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.
SeatGeek is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, military or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. As an equal opportunities employer, we recognize that diversity is a positive attribute and we welcome the differences and benefits that a diverse culture brings. Come join us!
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