About the Position

Software Engineer - Backend

Rome · Hybrid

You'll help make Ticketoo the most trusted secondary ticketing platform in Europe, and take ground away from touts one verified ticket at a time.

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About the Company

An honest alternative to touting, born in Rome in 2022.

Ticketoo is a fan-to-fan marketplace to buy and sell tickets for concerts, sports, theatre and clubs. The rule is simple and non-negotiable: the resale price can never exceed the ticket's face value, and every ticket is verified before it changes hands. No mark-ups, no ghost tickets.

Born from an idea at university, today we're a small team that moves fast, backed by investors such as Innova Venture and Digital Magics - and we keep growing together with the people we bring on board.

500K+ fans who have swapped tickets safely.
2022 year founded, in Rome.
10 people on the team - you included, if you join us.

Responsibilities

API & backend: design, build and optimise the REST APIs that power searches, purchases and sales for hundreds of thousands of fans.
Database & data layer: model and manage data on relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB/BigQuery), optimising schemas, queries and performance.
Ticket verification and anti-fraud: contribute to the systems - AI-based ones too - that stop a fake or duplicate ticket from ever reaching a fan.
Cloud & DevOps: deploy and manage environments on AWS/GCP, with Docker, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu).
Performance & scalability: find bottlenecks and handle the real, not simulated, peaks of on-sale openings and high-demand drops.
End-to-end: follow every feature from idea to deploy, side by side with Andrea (CTO) and the rest of the team.

Requirements

2–4 years of experience: in backend development, with solid foundations in Python and Django - FastAPI is a plus too.
Relational and non-relational databases: PostgreSQL and MongoDB, plus familiarity with Git and collaborative workflows.
Cloud and deploy: AWS or GCP, with hands-on experience of Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
Security and reliability: here every bug touches a real payment, or a real fan's real ticket.
End-to-end mindset: autonomy, ownership, a feature taken from idea to deploy.

Nice to Have

IaC (Terraform/OpenTofu)
Data pipelines and BigQuery
Experience in startups or high-traffic marketplaces
A passion for concerts, sports or live events

We Offer

Gross salary: 28–35K €
Hybrid: Based in Rome, office and remote
Meal vouchers: 7 € for every day worked
Welfare: Company welfare plan
Real ownership: Your decisions reach production, not an endless backlog
Laptop & training: Company laptop and ongoing training, from day one

Application Process

Application: Send us your CV and a few lines about yourself: we actually read them, no ATS sorting them for us.
Intro call with the team: We tell each other who we are: the role, the team, what you're looking for.
Technical interview with Andrea (CTO): We talk about code, real architecture choices, and how we tackle problems every week at Ticketoo.
In-person meeting at Ticketoo HQ: In Rome, with the team: to see how we really work together, not just on paper.

Software Engineer — Backend

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