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Senior Front End Engineer

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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Senior level
As a Senior Front End Engineer, you'll develop user experiences, lead feature development, improve performance, and collaborate on innovative projects.
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Join GoTickets as a Senior Front End Engineer and help shape the future of live event experiences.

Your Core Contributions to The Team

As Senior Front End Engineer, you’ll play a key role in building and evolving the user experience on our consumer-facing website. You’ll collaborate across design, product, and backend teams to bring new ideas to life—from experimental A/B tests to entirely new features and products. Your work will directly impact how fans discover and buy tickets for the events they love.

What you’ll do:

  • Build fast, responsive, and accessible web experiences using TypeScript, React, and Next.js
  • Lead front-end development for new product features and A/B tests
  • Continuously improve performance, reliability, and cross-browser/device compatibility
  • Participate in code reviews, automated testing, and debugging to ensure high-quality, stable releases
  • Contribute to a fast-moving engineering culture that’s focused on iteration, experimentation, and shipping good code
  • Stay current on the latest front-end trends and tools—and bring fresh ideas into the team

 

About You

Knowledge, Abilities, and Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
  • Proven experience as a Front End Engineer or similar role, with a strong portfolio showcasing your work and projects.
  • Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, with expertise in at least one modern framework/library such as React.
  • Solid understanding of responsive design principles, cross-browser compatibility, and web accessibility standards.
  • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies.
  • Additional experience with server-side languages, build tools, and testing frameworks a plus.

Personal Characteristics

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a passion for writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.

 

All the Other Stuff

This position reports to our Chief Technology Officer.

GoTickets is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. We are committed to building an environment of mutual respect, free of discrimination and harassment, where opportunities are available to everyone based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. 

 

Top Skills

CSS3
Git
HTML5
JavaScript
Next.Js
React
Typescript
HQ

GoTickets Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

Chicago, IL, United States, 60607

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