Sr. Backend Software Engineer

Eventbrite is the world's largest ticketing platform, providing access to a vibrant collection of live experiences to fuel people's passions and enrich their lives.
For organizers, Eventbrite offers a seamless solution to create compelling event pages, sell tickets, promote and manage events, and analyze their results from the web or any mobile device. 
For attendees, Eventbrite offers access to a wide variety of live experiences, from small photography shows and yoga classes to large concerts and festivals with tens of thousands of people.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company has processed more than 200 million tickets in 180 countries and has 9 offices worldwide. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global and T. Rowe Price

We are looking for a software engineer to work closely with product managers, designers and fellow engineers in solving challenging problems. Whoever joins the team will own their products from start to finish and help take the company to the next level. In addition, you will work in a safe environment to ask questions and constructively suggest if there is a better way to do something.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of proven work experience successfully building web applications
• Proficiency in Python (ideally), Django/Flask and MySQL
• Comfort with the balancing act of rapidly building prototypes and minimum viable products while simultaneously creating readable, testable and maintainable code
• Passionate about emerging technologies, and a desire to lead the team to adopt technologies for the right reasons
• Strong desire to collaborate on building tools to improve the developer experience
• Proven ability to respectfully influence architectural and technical decisions
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience with Javascript applications using technologies like React and Redux
• Familiarity with building mobile applications and APIs
• Experience with working in a container environment like Docker
• Familiarity with continuous integration tools like Jenkins

Location: Remote

Time shift: Full time