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Vivid Seats Tech Stack

Online ticket marketplace for live events with rewards and buyer protection

Technology, Information and Internet Chicago, IL 501–1,000 employees Founded 2001 Public Company

Vivid Seats operates a B2C ticket marketplace built on Java + Spring + TypeScript + AWS, handling high-volume transactional workloads across concerts, sports, theater, and comedy. The engineering-forward hiring mix (7 of 14 active roles) reflects active scaling work: interactive seating charts, shared APIs for web and mobile, and system reliability improvements, while finance and marketing additions signal growth beyond product.

Tech Stack 12 technologies

Core StackTypeScript Java AWS Spring AWS RDS Snowflake Workday Adobe Creative Cloud Figma Spring Boot Vertex SQL

What Vivid Seats Is Building

◆Challenges

Scaling an e-commerce marketplace
Scaling web development strategy
High-volume transactional backend systems
Incident response and post-incident learning
Scalable api design
Competitive pay practices
Benefits program management
Hris data accuracy
Compliance across numerous indirect tax jurisdictions
Complex indirect tax issues

▲Active Projects

Ticket marketplace technology systems
B2c marketplace and distribution products
Shared services and apis for web and mobile
Highly available systems for ticket marketplace
Annual merit planning cycle
Market pricing and benchmarking
Growth roadmap
Testing framework
Interactive seating chart development
Web-ready graphics creation

Hiring Activity

Accelerating15 roles · 7 in 30d

Department

Engineering

7

Finance

2

Marketing

2

Design

1

HR

1

Support

1

Seniority

Senior

7

Manager

4

Junior

2

Mid

1

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About Vivid Seats

Vivid Seats is a public ticket marketplace (NASDAQ: SEAT) connecting fans to live events across North America. The platform offers concert, sports, theater, and comedy tickets alongside a proprietary Rewards program where buyers earn credits on purchases, an in-app game center for engagement, and a Buyer Guarantee. The technology stack centers on Java/Spring microservices, AWS infrastructure, and Snowflake analytics. The company operates across the United States and Canada, managing complex backend challenges around transaction throughput, payment processing, inventory, and tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

HeadquartersChicago, IL

Company Size501–1,000 employees

Founded2001

Hiring MarketsUnited States, Canada