Software Engineer I - Open Distribution (New Grad)

StubHub•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

StubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. Open Distribution is a brand-new area within StubHub’s product and tech organization, where we are building the future of partner inventory synchronization. As an Software Engineer - I on the Open Distribution team, you will contribute to the development and evolution of 0-to-1 systems that power millions of ticket transactions. You’ll leverage AI-driven tooling, agents, and automation to accelerate and simplify integrations, enabling our platform to scale rapidly using LLMs and tools such as OpenAI and Claude models. This role is designed for early-career engineers and new graduates who want hands-on production experience, strong mentorship, and exposure to modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development and GenAI tools such as Claude, in a collaborative team environment. You’ll work closely with Staff Engineers, Senior Engineers, and SDE II peers, contributing meaningful code while growing your technical skills.

Requirements

Recent graduate or software engineer with internship, co-op, or substantial academic project experience
Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms
Familiarity with at least one backend programming language like Java, Python, or Golang
Basic experience building or consuming APIs and experience working with LLM frameworks and AI Platforms such as Anthropic or ChatGPT either in school or on side projects
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience

Nice To Haves

Gain hands-on experience using GenAI tools like Claude as part of real-world engineering workflows
Contribute to high-impact systems used by millions of customers and partners
Take ownership of production code early in your career, with guidance and support
Grow on a team that values collaboration, curiosity, feedback, and continuous learning

Responsibilities

Use AI-assisted development tools (including Claude and other GenAI technologies) to support debugging, learning, documentation, and developer productivity
Implement features, enhancements, and bug fixes in backend services that support partner inventory ingestion, synchronization, and marketplace publishing
Learn and apply distributed systems concepts, including event-driven architectures, APIs, and data processing pipelines
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, pairing sessions, and team collaboration
Contribute to improving partner-facing APIs, error handling, and internal tooling
Learn how to diagnose production issues using logging, monitoring, and observability tools