Principal Full Stack Engineer – Ticketing, Travel Commerce

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. Take ownership of OleOle Sport’s technology platform .

Posted 10/3/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in architecting and building high-scale consumer transactional platforms, with a strong focus on inventory management, payment systems, and system reliability. Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams while collaborating effectively across various organizational functions.

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10+ Years Software Engineering ExperienceArchitecting High-Scale Consumer PlatformsHands-On Experience with React, Next.js, TypeScriptExperience Integrating Multiple External APIsStrong Understanding of Transactional Reliability

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringSystem ArchitectureInventory ManagementPayment SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentHigh-Scale Transactional PlatformsSEO PlatformsAI/LLM SystemsAsynchronous WorkflowsSecurity and Authentication

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCollaborationAdaptabilityProduct Judgment

Tools & Technologies

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptJavaGoRustPythonPostgreSQLRedisAWS

Industry Keywords

TravelTicketingHospitalityE-CommerceMarketplacesReservationsBooking PlatformsInternational ProductsFootballSports

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesNext.jsPostgresPythonReactRedisRustTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take ownership of OleOle Sport’s technology platform
Architect and build the standalone consumer website and underlying commerce platform
Integrate ticket and travel inventory from multiple providers
Own the technology from architecture through production
Make critical technical decisions while personally building significant parts of the platform
Design systems for inventory, availability, pricing, reservations/orders, checkout, payments, fulfillment, cancellations, refunds, and reconciliation
Design abstraction layers that avoid dependency on any single provider
Work closely with the CTO, payments architecture leadership, product, design, and other platform teams
Recruit, mentor, and eventually lead a small, high-performing engineering team
Maintain clear ownership of OleOle Sport while collaborating across the organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of professional software engineering experience
Significant experience at Staff, Principal, Lead, Architect, or equivalent level
Proven experience architecting and building high-scale consumer transactional platforms
Strong preference for direct experience in travel, ticketing, hospitality, reservations, booking platforms, marketplaces, or complex e-commerce
Hands-on experience designing systems involving inventory, availability, pricing, reservations/orders, checkout, payments, fulfillment, cancellations, refunds, and reconciliation
Experience integrating multiple external suppliers, vendors, APIs, payment providers, or inventory sources
Strong understanding of transactional reliability, including idempotency, retries, concurrency, inventory holds, partial failures, asynchronous workflows, reconciliation, and recovery
Deep full-stack engineering experience with modern consumer web technologies
Experience with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Java, Go, Rust, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, or comparable technologies is valuable
Experience designing highly available systems capable of handling significant traffic spikes and high-value transactions
Strong understanding of security, authentication, payment security, observability, testing, CI/CD, and production operations
Experience with international and multilingual consumer products is highly desirable
Experience architecting large-scale SEO or programmatic SEO platforms is a major advantage
Production experience with AI/LLM systems, agents, tool/function calling, recommendation systems, or AI-assisted content/data platforms is valuable
Ability to work closely with the CTO, payments architecture leadership, product, design, and other platform teams
Ability and desire to remain deeply hands-on
Experience recruiting, mentoring, and eventually leading a small, high-performing engineering team
Strong product judgment and ability to turn early-stage business requirements into production architecture
Ability to adapt to ambiguity, shifting priorities, and early-stage company growth
Understanding of football and international sports is a huge plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Deferred compensation accrues from the beginning of the engagement and is paid once OleOle closes its funding
Following funding, transition to a normal competitive market salary
Equity and token ownership following funding
Meaningful long-term participation in the business being built
Remote work permitted
Travel opportunities/requirement associated with the role