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# Lead Technical Recruiter at SeatGeek

- **Company:** SeatGeek
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://seatgeek.com/jobs/8197815?gh_jid=8197815

## Job description

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.

As a Lead Technical Recruiter, you'll own full lifecycle hiring for our most difficult and highest visibility technical searches, including senior and staff level engineers, data and ML specialists, product managers, and designers. Many of these are roles where the hiring bar, talent mapping, and the sourcing channel have not been defined. You'll run them with a high degree of autonomy, build the playbooks the rest of the team uses, and serve as a voice R&D and Product leaders turn to when they're deciding what to build and who should build it.

The ideal candidate operates as a talent advisor and strategic partner. They bring market data and pipeline evidence into every conversation, facilitate communication with executive stakeholders, and raise the standard of how the team operates. We're also looking for someone with real curiosity about how AI is changing recruiting, and the appetite to put that curiosity to work. This role will report to the Director of Talent Acquisition.

## What you'll do

- Own complex technical and product searches from intake through close, including niche, emerging and confidential roles, partnering with recruiting leadership on executive searches
- Build sourcing strategies from scratch through market mapping, competitive research and targeted outbound campaigns, while managing multiple high complexity searches without sacrificing pipeline momentum or candidate experience
- Advise on compensation and offer strategy and close candidates in competitive markets
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior engineering, data and product leaders, shaping role scope, leveling, interview design and hiring strategy rather than executing against a predefined spec
- Lead intake and calibration to establish the hiring bar, use market evidence to reset expectations when searches stall and provide leaders with clear insight into hiring health
- Influence headcount planning and role scoping by bringing market, compensation and organizational context to decisions
- Use funnel, pipeline and time to fill data to diagnose search challenges and adjust strategy in real time
- Bring root cause analysis and recommendations, not just flags, and independently make decisions on search strategy, process and stakeholder approach while escalating broader resourcing and headcount decisions
- Test and adopt AI across sourcing, screening, outreach and scheduling, scale what works and retire what doesn’t
- Help define where AI can improve hiring quality and speed while keeping human judgment where it matters, using automation to reduce administrative work and give recruiters more time with candidates and hiring managers
- Build reusable playbooks, market intelligence and best practices that elevate the broader recruiting team
- Mentor recruiters and sourcers on sourcing, stakeholder management and closing while sharing candidates, intelligence and pipeline across the team
- Set the standard for collaboration, adaptability and execution, especially as priorities shift and hiring pressure increases

## What you have

- 8+ years of full lifecycle technical recruiting, including senior and staff level IC hiring at a fast growing technology company
- Depth across engineering, data and ML, product, and design, with the fluency to credibly engage senior candidates
- A track record of building the approach yourself on searches where the role, the bar, or the market was undefined
- Strategic sourcing skill: market mapping, talent intelligence, and outbound that builds pipeline without leaning on inbound or agencies
- Fluency with recruiting data and the tools behind it, including Greenhouse, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, and ModernLoop or similar. You build your own views and use metrics to make and defend decisions
- Executive presence and the ability to influence without authority, grounded in a real understanding of the business you support
- Curiosity and aptitude for new technology. You have put AI to work in your own workflow and can speak to what it changed
- A reputation as a teammate who mentors, shares what they know, and raises the level of the team

## 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
- 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 $119,000 - $172,000 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!

To review our candidate privacy notice, [click here.](https://seatgeek.com/privacy/USApplicantNotice)

## About SeatGeek

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SeatGeek is a live entertainment ticketing platform that operates a consumer marketplace for buying and selling tickets and provides enterprise ticketing software for teams, venues, and shows.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, last valuation ~$1 B in October 2022)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Jack Groetzinger (CEO), Russell D’Souza (President, Supply), Eric Waller

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Live entertainment ticketing (secondary marketplace and primary ticketing provider)
- **Target Customers**: B2C (fans buying/selling tickets), B2B (sports teams, arenas, theaters, Broadway, concert venues) – ranging from major professional leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL, English Premier League) to small venues
- **Mission / Purpose Statement**: “Start with fans” – building a more open, fan-first entertainment industry

## Products & Services
- **Consumer Marketplace (SeatGeek.com & mobile app)**: Secondary ticket marketplace for sports, concerts, and theatre events; features include Deal Score (ticket-rating technology), all-in pricing (fees included upfront), and ticket-swap/resale tools.
- **Enterprise Ticketing Platform**: Primary ticketing software for teams and venues, handling sales, access control, and analytics. Powers partners like AT&T Stadium, Rocket Arena, Liverpool F.C., and Jujamcyn Theaters.
- **Rally**: In-app event experience platform for concessions ordering, rideshare booking, stadium guides, and venue navigation (now includes Concourse Maps).
- **Other Features**: Smart Pricing (AI-powered listing tool), Parties (ticket sharing), Beyond the Seat (enhanced premium ticket listings).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: ~$1 billion as of Series E (October 2022); SPAC merger valued at $1.35 billion was terminated in 2022.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – $238 M Series E (led by Accel) with participation from Wellington Management, Arctos Partners, and Ryan Smith (Qualtrics founder). Annual revenue is not publicly disclosed.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Accel, Wellington Management, Arctos Partners; enterprise clients include Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Cavaliers, Florida Panthers, Manchester City F.C., Liverpool F.C., and five Broadway theatres.
- **Growth Signals**: 825+ employees (PitchBook, 2026); average of 66 M+ tickets available daily in 2024; 46 M+ all-time app downloads; #1 TrustPilot rating among major ticketers (4.5/5 stars); expanded into NHL with Utah Mammoth (2024); launched AI-powered Smart Pricing, Concourse Maps (2025), and Beyond the Seat (2025).

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in Pricing**: Early adopter of transparent, fee-inclusive pricing (aligned with FTC guidelines), driving consumer trust.
- **Top-Tier Customer Ratings**: 4.9 app store rating; #1 Net Promoter Score (NPS) among major ticketers; 3× Fast Company Most Innovative Company award.
- **Primary Ticketing Momentum**: Secured high-profile primary ticketing deals (NFL, NBA, NHL, English Premier League, Broadway), directly challenging Ticketmaster.
- **Vertical Integration**: Owns both the secondary marketplace and the primary enterprise platform, creating a unified fan and venue ecosystem.

## Strategic Focus
- **Grow Primary Ticketing**: Deepen partnerships with leagues and venues; expand internationally (especially in European football).
- **Enhance Fan Experience**: Continue investing in AI (Smart Pricing, venue navigation, personalization) and in-app features (concessions, rideshare, group sharing).
- **Price Transparency & Trust**: Leverage all-in pricing and high NPS to differentiate from competitors.
- **Workplace & Culture**: Flexible remote/hybrid model, company-wide hackathons 3–4 times per year, and a strong emphasis on “start with fans” values.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Flexible work environment – employees can work as many days in the office as they like or 100% remotely; WFH stipend provided.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Monthly ticket stipend for live events, 16 weeks parental leave, access to One Medical, Ginger.io, Headspace, 401k matching, high-quality health insurance, ample PTO.
- **Engineering & Culture**: Regular hackathons, virtual team events, and a culture built around connectedness and fan obsession. Hiring process includes application review, initial screen, technical/pairing rounds, and final interviews.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Private company with strong revenue growth (undisclosed), recent product launches (Concourse Maps, Beyond the Seat), and a large enterprise client base – good for professionals seeking high-impact roles in a scaling tech company.

## Sources
1. [seatgeek.com/about](https://seatgeek.com/about)
2. [seatgeek.com/jobs](https://seatgeek.com/jobs)
3. [wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeatGeek)
4. [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/46779-22)

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