Lead Software Engineer, Security

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.

SeatGeek is looking for a security engineering professional for our Security team. As a Lead Software Engineer, Security, you’ll be involved in a mix of incident response, threat hunting, security engineering, and a trace of red teaming.

You’ll be leading critical security initiatives that strengthen our secure-by-default posture across our platform, products, and company. You’ll pair architectural guidance with hands-on engineering — building paved roads, tooling, and automated detection/response that scale. You’ll operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, partnering with both engineering and non-engineering teams to reduce risk without slowing builders down. As a lead engineer, you’ll own high-impact work end-to-end, mentor teammates, and help shape the roadmap and culture that make the secure path the easy path — from cloud and code to laptops, identity, email, and awareness.

What you'll do

• Deliver proactive, secure-by-default protections across the stack (cloud, CI/CD, applications, and endpoints) by creating paved roads and guardrails that reduce risk at scale and become the default way to build
• Provide practical security guidance on new products and technologies, emphasizing secure-by-default patterns that fit seamlessly into existing workflows
• Lead design reviews and threat modeling for high-impact features and services; identify risks early and ensure mitigations are designed in
• Build and scale security tooling that prevents issues at build/deploy time and automates detection and response in production
• Evolve our detection and incident response capabilities — improve signal quality, tune detections, and implement automated responders to reduce manual toil and time to contain
• Partner across business functions to strengthen company-wide security: endpoint and device trust, identity and email protections, security awareness and training, vendor reviews and risk assessments, and support for compliance (e.g., PCI/SOX)
• Protect SeatGeek from abuse and bots at the edge and app layers through layered defenses and tuning
• Lead and participate in notable security incidents and tabletops; improve runbooks, processes, and stakeholder communications after each event
• Mentor engineers, uplevel secure coding practices, and contribute to a positive, pragmatic security culture across the company

What you have

• 5+ years of broad, hands-on experience across multiple security domains, with strong software engineering fundamentals; track record of leading cross-domain security projects end-to-end (from design through rollout and adoption)
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (we use Python, Go, and C#); you write production-quality code and perform rigorous reviews for correctness and security
• Track record of partnering across product, platform, and business functions to drive company-wide security outcomes
• Proven ability to deliver holistic, scalable prevention across security domains (platform/cloud, applications, CI/CD, identity and endpoints), favoring paved roads and default guardrails over one-off fixes
• Ability to think like both an attacker and a defender — leveraging each perspective to strengthen the other and drive meaningful improvements in prevention, detection, and response
• Community contributions (research, talks/blogging/OSS) and hands-on bot/abuse mitigation experience are a plus

Our stack

You do not need experience with all 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.

• Central Logging and Monitoring: Datadog
• Cloud Platform: AWS
• Code Versioning: GitLab
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes
• Dashboarding: Hex and Looker
• Data Warehouse: Redshift
• Endpoint Detection and Response: CrowdStrike
• Languages: C#, Go, Python, SQL, and Terraform

Perks

• 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
• Eligible for the SG discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance
• 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
• $120 per month to spend on tickets to live events
• Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music

The salary range for this role is $170,000 - $248,000 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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