Songkick is pretty good at convincing people to quit their jobs. We're based in East London, and we're looking to add to our team. Email us if you love live music and get obsessed with solving interesting problems.

• Ian Hogarth, co-founder

  Ian got a master's in machine learning at Cambridge and loves dystopian robot takeover narratives. Seven years ago, Ian realized being a choirboy came with no street cred, so he started DJing hip-hop, funk, drum & bass, and grime. Ian quit his job at Bain & Company, Singapore to start Songkick.

  First concert: Mogwai, Astoria (London, UK), 1997.

• Pete Smith, co-founder

  Pete threw summer festivals in his backyard between years in his law degree at Cambridge. (He grew up in the middle of nowhere. It was a big backyard.) Thankful to leave law behind, Pete worked at a small tech consultancy selling enterprise software before quitting to start Songkick.

  First concert: Skunk Anansie, Cambridge Corn Exchange (Cambridge, UK), 1996.

• Michelle You, co-founder

  Michelle studied English and philosophy at Columbia before receiving her master's in English at Cambridge, all of which was training for writing the snappy copy you read on Songkick. She was the managing editor of Theme magazine before starting Songkick.

  First concert: Radiohead supported by Kid Koala and The Beta Band, Madison Square Garden (New York, NY), 2001.

• Lee Butterman

  Lee studied classics and computer science at Brown University, and was pursuing a master's combining the two at Tufts before leaving to join Songkick. He plays the piano and started an open piano night at his literary society. Lee is Songkick employee #1.

  First concert: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, at age 7. He tried dancing like a snowflake for a week afterwards.

• Wynne Chan

  Wynne studied graphic design at FIT. She was a web designer at Getty Images before she quit to join us.

  First concert: All-District Elementary Music Festival, Myers Corners Elementary School (Wappinger Falls, NY), 1989. She was in it! Wynne played second chair violin.

• Dr. Phil Cowans

  Phil received a PhD in machine learning from Cambridge and is responsible for leading Songkick's small but mighty technical team. He plays bass guitar and helped run Cambridge's student radio station. Phil was doing postdoctoral research at Cambridge on predictive text entry methods and search algorithms before he quit to join Songkick.

  First concert: Terrorvision, Baby Chaos, Die Toten Hosen, Cambridge Corn Exchange (Cambridge, UK), 1994. Phil says, "Please bear in mind, I was 15 at the time."