Engineering Manager, Finance Engineering

About the role

SeatGeek is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the finance engineering team. The role involves managing a team of software and data engineers, owning the technical vision for core financial systems and tools, and ensuring seamless integration and data accuracy across various systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of software and data engineers - who work AI-first by default
• Own the technical vision for SeatGeek’s core financial systems, tools (both custom + Saas) and integrations
• Ensure the financial automation stack reads from the right upstream tools / systems across the business seamlessly, adapt and translate that information into our general ledger and billing systems
• Rapidly build and iterate tools to boost the quality and speed of interactions with our finance data, building and leveraging deep cross-functional partnerships with the broader engineering org
• Maintain a high standard of accuracy, completeness and operational excellence across the platform
• Define and deliver the go-forward architecture that allows SeatGeek’s financial automation stack to excel in a landscape increasingly transformed by agentic interactions and capabilities
• Perform code and architecture reviews, and provide technical and design feedback to the team
• Provide regular job performance feedback, hold one-on-ones, and provide career development support to your direct reports
• Select new and work with existing technology vendors when necessary. You constantly make build or buy decisions together with your team
• At times, roll up your sleeves to deliver features and iterate across the platform
• Communicate technical and product decisions to the right people, resolve blocking issues, and collaborate with other leaders across the organization
• Play an active role in our recruiting process, helping us grow our engineering team in any way you can

Requirements

• 5+ years as an engineer in a role that was mostly about writing code
• 3+ years of experience as an engineering manager of productive, motivated teams
• Proven track record leading teams to ship industry-leading UX that meaningfully elevates high-stakes customer experiences
• Proven experience handling and processing transactional data at scale in a SOX controlled environment
• You’ve successfully built and led lean teams, ensuring they’re productive, motivated, and capable of delivering impactful results
• You’re able to foster safe, collaborative & inclusive environments, where engineers feel empowered to do their best work
• You're comfortable operating without a playbook — defining the architecture, the team's ways of working, and the roadmap simultaneously
• You're able to break down complex technical concepts and explain them clearly to non-technical audiences, accurately representing the team's work to a wide range of stakeholders
• Knowledge of the technology industry and financial tools + methods to help your team make good tooling and framework decisions to set them up for success
• You understand how to lead by setting context, facilitating collaboration, and getting buy-in between cross-functional partners in product, design, engineering and leadership
• You’ve worked as an Engineer in the past, are familiar with the challenges of that role, and preferably have had hands-on experience with the following:
• Custom tools to automate financial operations and create accurate and complete financial reporting outputs
• Extensive hands-on transactional data experience, and knowledge of finance and accounting principles

Our Stack

• Languages: Python (FastAPI)
• Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Datadog, Gitlab
• Datastores: Aurora (Postgres), Redshift, dbt
• Streaming & workflows: Kafka, Flink, Airflow, Temporal
• SaaS: Workato, NetSuite
• AI Tooling: Claude Code, Codex, LLMs

Benefits

• 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
• AWFH 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
• $360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events
• Annual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music

Pay

The salary range for this role is $171,000 - $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 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.