Backend Software Engineer, Live Nation
Insomniac
$112-140k
More information about location
Office located in Calabasas, CA
Entertainment events promoter and producer
Open for applications
Entertainment events promoter and producer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$112-140k
More information about location
Office located in Calabasas, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Live Nation's mission is to help live music fans more easily and quickly find concert tickets and information about their favourite artists and venues.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter who embodies both a passion for dance culture and developing world class software
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or 4+ years of equivalent work experience working with a team
- Demonstrated proficiency in backend development, particularly with Go & Node.js (TypeScript)
- Ability to concept, design, and implement efficient and well thought out data structures for API’s
- Proven experience in e-commerce environments, with a strong background in integrating and managing APIs such as Stripe and Braintree
- Experience writing automated tests (unit tests, integration tests, browser / E2E)
- Git workflow (branching, merging, tagging, cherry picking)
- Understanding of RESTful and GraphQL services, how to interact & debug with them
- Experienced with event-driven microservice architecture
- Database design concepts and experience with SQL (preference for Postgres)
- Knowledge on debugging tools to fix complex issues across different services and levels of the stack (OpenTelemetry / Honeycomb.io, a debugger, other logging & observability tools)
- Proficient in utilizing AWS services (S3, EC2, EKS, etc.) on Linux/Unix based systems for application deployment and operation, emphasizing practical application over in-depth administrative or operational management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of engaging effectively with a diverse team
- Bonus points for experience in ticketing, travel, or hospitality industries
What the job involves
- Insomniac Events is seeking a Backend Software Engineer with experience managing projects and leading development teams and is comfortable interacting with stakeholders and third party software vendors
- Having the ability to develop customized strategies and adapt to each individual project is paramount to this position’s success
- This role will deliver on-time, quality-driven code releases, strategize and manage multiple development projects, and provide direction on software design and the software development process
- You would be responsible for writing clean, secure, reusable code while working closely with our internal team and offshore development team
- Collaborate with product, design, and marketing teams to build and maintain new features to achieve roadmap goals
- Taking initiative on user experience improvement suggestions
- Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
- Write clean, secure, and reusable code while working closely with internal and offshore development teams
- Support debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
- Strategize and manage multiple development projects while providing direction on software design and development processes
- Help train and onboard other team members when needed
- Other design requirements and responsibilities as necessary
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Live Nation is the world's leading live entertainment company, sitting at the top of the market in live events and ticketing. Formed in 2009, it is a major international company, with key business segments made up of concerts, ticketing, and sponsorship and advertising.
Despite its dominant position in the market, the company saw an 84% drop in revenue during 2020 and the closure of live events. Since then, however, demand has been stronger than ever for their ticket sales. This is a reflection that live events remain a clear priority for consumers and has been further reflected in Live Nation's acquisitions of companies - like Goodlive - that complement and bolster Live Nation's portfolio.
In addition to live events, a key area to watch for Live Nation will be the rise of online concert streaming, like that undertaken by competitors such as Driift. Major festivals such as Glastonbury have trialled online concerts with mixed reviews. If it proves successful, this could be a major new section of the entertainment market and a big potential part of Live Nation's future ventures.
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Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
- YOURSELF: Paid time off policy including holidays, sick time and day off for your birthday, free concert tickets
- WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
- FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, infertility support
- CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
- OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network
Company values
- Live for artists - Artists are the heart of what we do and we have deep reverence and respect for their creativity. We believe live music is vital to art and culture which is why in 2019, we paid artists more than $6 billion, making Live Nation by far the largest financial supporter of musicians. Beyond global touring deals and festival performances, our Artist Nation group offers services such as management, business marketing and consulting to artists across all genres
- Live for decentralisation - We don’t believe in bureaucracy and we don’t mandate synergy. We keep our corporate teams small, because we trust that our decentralized divisions know how to make the best decisions for their businesses in real time
- Live for ideas - Part of working in a creative industry is imagining what could be and exploring the possibilities. We encourage everyone at Live Nation to dream big and email our CEO with ideas to move our business forward
- Live for entrepreneurship - Employees who thrive here are self-starters who are experts at what they do. While we give a tremendous amount of independence to our employees, we are also precise and exacting about performance. There is no hiding behind process here. You are evaluated on your results and concrete contributions to our business
- Live for focus - We have a long “To Do” list but an even longer “Not To Do” list. As the demand for live events continues to grow across the globe, we have to stay focused on our core mission of connecting artists with their fans for those magical hours of live music
- Live for talent - We believe talent comes from any place or background. This is not a place for elitists. We hire people for who they are – hard workers who deliver results and are passionate about what they do
Company HQ
Barbican, London, UK
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Founders
Michael Rapino
(President and CEO, not founder)They worked for 10 years in various marketing and entertainment capacities at Labatt’s Breweries of Canada. They held several roles at Clear Channel Communications, including President and CEO of Global Music. They were named CEO and President of Live Nation in 2005.
People progressing
Joined as a Financial Accounting Manager in 2017, promoted to Director and then VP of Financial Accounting.
Joined as Executive VP Marketing in 2012, promoted to Senior VP & Head of Marketing after 2 years.
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