Senior Software Engineer, Ticketing

<p><span data-contrast="auto">PlayOn Sports is hiring a Senior Engineer to lead frontend delivery across React web and React Native mobile ticketing experiences. </span><span data-contrast="auto">This role is for an engineer who operates with little supervision, owns meaningful product and technical outcomes, and improves team execution through mentorship, engineering quality, and production reliability practices.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<h4><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The outcomes you’ll deliver</span></strong></h4>
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<li><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Extend GoFan product capabilities:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> ship web and mobile experiences that enable new payment methods, product types and experiences within the GoFan ecosystem</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Grow revenue per event beyond the ticket:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> build the checkout, concessions, and fundraising experiences that make it easy for fans to add a concession order or a donation to their ticket purchase.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Protect trust-critical journeys at peak:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> keep purchase, pass access, and redemption fast and correct under Friday-night load across React web and React Native, and improve checkout consistency across platforms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Raise the frontend bar:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> own the GoFan and Box Office app updates, accessibility by default, CI-gated releases with clear rollback readiness, and incident follow-through, while mentoring engineers through design and code review.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
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<h3><span data-ccp-props="{}">In this role, you can expect to</span></h3>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Build the web and mobile flows that bring new kinds of organizers and events onto GoFan, and the checkout and concessions/fundraising experiences that grow revenue per event.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Own purchase, pass access, and redemption across React web and React Native, including the Box Office app, with an eye toward consistency across platforms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Partner with backend teams on API contracts, data correctness, and failure handling in trust-critical paths.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Strengthen frontend architecture to improve maintainability, delivery speed, and cross-team contribution safety.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Improve observability for key user journeys with meaningful telemetry, alerts, and post-release verification, and drive testing strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers for high-risk workflows.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Lead incident triage, production debugging, and root-cause follow-through for customer-impacting issues.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Use AI-assisted development tools as a core part of your workflow, for code generation, review, testing, and debugging, while owning the correctness and quality of everything you ship.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Mentor engineers through design reviews, implementation guidance, and hands-on code collaboration, and work closely with product, design, and platform peers to turn roadmap goals into shippable slices.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
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<h3><span data-ccp-props="{}">To thrive in this role, you have</span></h3>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">6+ years of software engineering experience with strong frontend and product-delivery depth.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Strong production experience with React, TypeScript, and modern frontend application architecture.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience delivering mobile product work with React Native</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">A strong grasp of API integration patterns, error handling, and data-validation approaches in production systems.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrated ability to own complex initiatives with limited oversight and strong cross-functional communication.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">A testing and reliability mindset, including practical experience with unit, integration, and functional test coverage.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience operating in high-traffic or time-sensitive domains such as ticketing, e-commerce, payments, or event operations.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">The judgment to balance product velocity with quality, operational stability, and long-term maintainability.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<h3><span data-ccp-props="{}">How You Play</span></h3>
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<li><strong>Ownership over Participation</strong>- You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges.  </li>
<li><strong>Team over Stars</strong>- You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed.  </li>
<li><strong>Growth over Comfort-</strong> You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn.   </li>
<li><strong>Fairness over Popularity</strong>- You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making.  </li>
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<p>PlayOn is where high school sports come to life. Through GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps, we give every fan a front-row seat to the moments that matter most: the buzzer-beaters, the comeback wins, the senior nights, the rivalries that define a town.  </p>
<p>We built our technology for the people who live and breathe high school athletics — the parents who never miss a game, the alumni still cheering from across the country, the communities that show up week after week. From buying tickets to watching a live stream to reliving the highlights, we make it simple to stay close to the sports and the athletes you love most.</p>
<p>Backed by KKR, we build the technology that powers high school athletics from the inside out: Schools trust us to handle ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise, and more so the people running programs can stay focused on the athletes and fans we all serve together.</p>
<p>We're a growth-stage company on a mission to make high school sports more accessible, more memorable, and more connected than ever before.</p>
<p>When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment.</p>
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<strong>Why You'll Love Working at PlayOn</strong></div>
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<div>Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions. </div>
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<div>This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve. </div>
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<div>Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team. </div>
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<div><strong>The Benefits We Offer </strong></div>
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<div>Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from </div>
<div>Dental, vision life and disability insurance </div>
<div>Employee Emergency Fund  </div>
<div>Company equity (stock options) </div>
<div>Open PTO policy  </div>
<div>401K plan with company match </div>
<div>Hybrid/flexible work environment </div>
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<div><em>Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate</em></div>
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