Senior Platform Payments Engineer — Remote

Live Nation International; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, dental, and mental health benefits

Paid time off including holidays and personal days

401(k) program with company match

Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Live Nation International is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join the Platform Payments team. This role focuses on maintaining and modernizing critical payment processing systems for Ticketmaster, which handle millions of transactions. You will work with a C/C++ codebase to optimize performance and integrate new payment methods while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

This position offers an opportunity to engage in significant green-field work, including migrating legacy systems and implementing security-critical features. If you have a strong background in C++ and a passion for evolving systems within a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional C++ development experience.
• Strong understanding of systems programming.
• Experience with legacy codebases older than 10 years.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and modernize high-throughput payment processing systems.
• Drive platform migration from Windows to Linux using Clang and Bazel.
• Develop robust payment integrations with third-party gateways.

Skills

C++ development

Systems programming

Memory management

Concurrency

Performance optimization

Security best practices

gRPC

Payment gateway integration

Linux/Unix environments

Build systems (Bazel)

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Bazel

Clang

Job description

Live Nation International is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join the Platform Payments team. This role focuses on maintaining and modernizing critical payment processing systems for Ticketmaster, which handle millions of transactions. You will work with a C/C++ codebase to optimize performance and integrate new payment methods while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

This position offers an opportunity to engage in significant green-field work, including migrating legacy systems and implementing security-critical features. If you have a strong background in C++ and a passion for evolving systems within a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you.