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# Senior Software Engineer - Core Platform - Streaming & Storages at StubHub

- **Company:** StubHub
- **Location:** Aliso Viejo, CA
- **Compensation:** $200k–$250k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-26
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/stubhubinc/jobs/5015246101

## Job description

StubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. Whether someone is looking to attend their first event or their hundredth, we’re here to delight them all the way from the moment they start looking for a ticket until they step through the gate. The same goes for our sellers. From fans selling a single ticket to the promoters of a worldwide stadium tour, we want StubHub to be the safest, most convenient way to offer a ticket to the millions of fans who browse our platform around the world.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Platform - Streaming & Storage team. In this role, you will design, build, and evolve the streaming, messaging, and storage platforms that serve as critical infrastructure for StubHub’s engineering organization.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, partner with engineering teams on their most complex performance and reliability challenges, and help modernize services that operate at the core of StubHub’s distributed systems. You will also play a key role in decomposing large monolithic SQL Server data stores into more purpose-built storage systems, supported by mature streaming solutions and reliable data access layers.

About the Team: The team owns foundational products including message queues, DQL, retry infrastructure, message versioning, messaging control planes, and storage platforms such as key-value databases, distributed caches, and blob storage. These systems are used across engineering to support high-scale, reliable, event-driven services and business-critical workflows across listings, transactions, fulfillment, and customer experiences.

This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving deep infrastructure and backend problems, setting technical direction, influencing architecture across teams, and delivering platform capabilities that create measurable business impact.

Location: Hybrid (3 days in office/2 days remote) –  New York, NY or Century City, CA or Aliso Viejo, CA or San Francisco, CA

What You'll Do:

- Design and develop SDKs, services, shared packages, and tools to enhance engineering efficiency and productivity.
- Develop an intuitive cross-language performant runtime environment that will serve as a "container" for business/customer-facing services
- Architecting and implementing high-performance, scalable services actively used by internal customers.
- Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in distributed caching and messaging, with a deep understanding of associated design patterns.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams as your customers, identifying technical inefficiencies and proposing scalable solutions and engineering patterns.
- Drive initiatives to improve performance and scalability across our platform.
- Champion best practices in software development, ensuring high standards of quality and efficiency.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive team culture where diverse perspectives are valued.

What You've Done:

- 5-6+ years of professional experience in software development
- Experience with developing robust, mission-critical systems using one or multiple general-purpose programming languages (e.g., C/C++, Java, C# or any other OOP language)
- Expertise in designing and optimizing distributed systems, including microservices architectures, caching strategies, and message queuing systems.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and enhance system scalability, reliability, and performance metrics.
- Previous experience designing and developing solutions to complex problems with significant business impact
- A strong understanding of how their systems interact with the broader production environment, including dependencies and platform primitives
- Proven ability to learn other coding languages, platforms, frameworks, and tools
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience owning projects from the initial idea all the way to production
- Experience mentoring junior engineers

What We Offer:

- Accelerated Growth Environment: An environment designed for swift skill and knowledge enhancement, where you have the autonomy to lead experiments and tests on a massive scale.
- Top Tier Compensation Package: Competitive base, equity, and upside that tracks with your impact.
- Flexible Time Off: Enjoy unlimited Flex Time Off, giving you the flexibility to manage your schedule and take time to recharge as needed.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package, featuring 401k, and premium Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance options.

The anticipated gross base pay range is below for this role. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies. Base annual salary is one component of StubHub’s total compensation and competitive benefits package, which includes equity, 401(k), paid time off, paid parental leave, and comprehensive health benefits.

Salary Range $200,000—$250,000 USD

## About Us

StubHub is the world’s leading marketplace to buy and sell tickets to any live event, anywhere. Through StubHub in North America and viagogo, our international platform, we service customers in 195 countries in 33 languages and 49 available currencies. With more than 300 million tickets available annually on our platform to events around the world -- from sports to music, comedy to dance, festivals to theater -- StubHub offers the safest, most convenient way to buy or sell tickets to the most memorable live experiences. Come join our team for a front-row seat to the action.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity on our team. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

## About StubHub

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: StubHub is a leading global ticketing marketplace for live events, connecting fans, sellers, and partners to access an expansive catalog of events worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: STUB)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2000
- **Founders**: Eric Baker, Jeff Fluhr

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Live event ticketing, secondary ticket marketplace, e-commerce
- **Target customers**: B2C (fans attending live events), B2B (sellers, event organizers, content rights holders), and B2C (enterprise partnerships)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To give everyone the freedom to access and connect through live experiences."

## Products & Services
- **StubHub Marketplace**: The core platform, a global two-sided marketplace for buying and selling tickets to live events (sports, music, comedy, dance, festivals, theater). It operates in over 200 countries and territories, supports over 30 languages, and accepts payments in over 45 currencies. [stubhub.com](https://stubhub.com)
- **Open Distribution (Direct Issuance)**: A new initiative allowing content rights holders to issue tickets directly through StubHub, improving the fan experience and unlocking new revenue streams. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **Advertising Platform**: A new initiative to drive better outcomes for fans and content rights holders and unlock future revenue. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **FanProtect Guarantee**: A promise ensuring a zero-breakage ticket-buying experience, guaranteeing that tickets are valid and delivered on time. [newsroom.stubhub.com](https://newsroom.stubhub.com/2026/03/30/understanding-ticketing-how-platforms-like-stubhub-work/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed as a standalone figure post-IPO; the company is publicly traded (NYSE: STUB).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $1.7B (2024) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub). For Q1 2026, Revenue was $446.0 million, up 12% year-over-year. Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) for Q1 2026 was $2.2 billion, up 7% year-over-year. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company is viagogo Entertainment, Inc. Key investors in prior rounds include Stephens Group and Viagogo. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - Q1 2026 saw a 7% increase in GMS and a 12% increase in revenue year-over-year.
    - Adjusted EBITDA increased 50% year-over-year to $72.1 million, with margin expanding over 400 basis points to 16%.
    - Full-year 2026 outlook: GMS of $9.9B to $10.1B and Adjusted EBITDA of $400M to $420M.
    - Headcount grew 12.2% year-over-year to 851 employees.
    - In 2024, fans purchased over 40 million tickets from more than 1 million unique sellers.
    - New initiatives in open distribution and advertising are expected to unlock future revenue. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global Scale & Selection**: Operates in over 200 countries and territories, with an expansive catalog of events across sports, music, comedy, dance, festivals, and theater. [stubhub.com](https://stubhub.com)
- **Trust & Security**: The FanProtect Guarantee provides a zero-breakage ticket-buying experience, a key differentiator in the secondary market. [newsroom.stubhub.com](https://newsroom.stubhub.com/2026/03/30/understanding-ticketing-how-platforms-like-stubhub-work/)
- **Advanced Pricing Intelligence**: Uses data and technology to offer fair and transparent pricing for tickets.
- **Global Reach**: Supports 33 languages and transactions in 48 currencies, with a presence in over 90 countries and territories.
- **Strong Brand & Scale**: As a leading global marketplace, it has a massive network effect with over 1 million unique sellers and 40 million tickets sold in 2024.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Expansion**: Continuing to grow its international footprint and make it easier for fans worldwide to access live events.
- **Open Distribution & Advertising**: Developing new initiatives like open distribution (direct issuance) and an advertising platform to create new revenue streams and improve outcomes for fans and content rights holders. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **Profitability & Scale**: Focused on disciplined execution to grow globally while increasing profitability through greater scale, as evidenced by the 400+ basis point improvement in adjusted EBITDA margin in Q1 2026.
- **Debt Reduction**: Strengthening the balance sheet, with a $100 million debt reduction in May 2026. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: StubHub's mission is to give everyone the freedom to access and connect through live experiences, which can be a motivating factor for employees passionate about live events and entertainment.
- **Growth & Scale**: The company is in a strong growth phase (12% revenue growth, 12% headcount growth), offering opportunities for career advancement and impact at a global scale.
- **Engineering & Innovation**: The company is investing in new initiatives like open distribution and advertising, and has a significant technical workforce (245 employees in technical roles). The tech stack includes modern tools like TensorFlow, Tableau, and MySQL. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)
- **Work Environment**: StubHub has a hybrid work model with major offices in New York, Los Angeles, Aliso Viejo, and Atlanta. The company offers a range of roles from engineering to product, design, and business development. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/stubhubinc)
- **Notable Perks**: While specific perks are not detailed in the search results, the company's strong financial performance and focus on growth suggest a stable and well-resourced environment. The company has a significant presence in major tech hubs.
- **Employee Sentiment**: Employer rating on LinkedIn is 2.5/5.0 (909 reviews), with compensation rated 3.1/5.0 and culture rated 2.3/5.0. This suggests areas for improvement in work-life balance and culture, though compensation is viewed more favorably. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)

## Sources
1. [StubHub Careers Page](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/stubhubinc)
2. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)
3. [StubHub Q1 2026 Earnings Release](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
4. [CB Insights Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/stubhub)
5. [StubHub Newsroom - Understanding Ticketing](https://newsroom.stubhub.com/2026/03/30/understanding-ticketing-how-platforms-like-stubhub-work/)

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