Software Engineer, Marketing Recommendations

Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Free concert tickets

401(k) with company match

Parental leave programs

Career development

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a mid-level software engineer to advance the personalization and recommendation platform. You will work with data scientists and engineers to add features, optimize real-time processing, and build scalable cloud infrastructure.

The role emphasizes clean code, collaboration, and ongoing improvement across the development lifecycle in a dynamic entertainment tech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing software using Python, Java, or similar high-level languages.
• Experience with highly available and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with AWS stack (EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda).
• Experience with containerized applications.
• Experience with Kafka and Kafka Streams.
• Data engineering skills (ETL).
• PySpark and PyTorch or similar are a bonus.
• Effective visual and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with Data Scientists and Engineers to introduce new features, models, and techniques to improve the Live Nation and Ticketmaster recommendation platform.
• Write clean, well-designed, testable, and efficient code.
• Contribute to all phases of the application development life cycle.
• Build out and support all necessary infrastructure in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS).
• Maintain and evolve existing real-time processing systems.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and propose solutions.
• Ensure overall system health through automated testing and monitoring.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to provide efficient automated processes.
• Integrate with 3rd-party applications and vendors.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternative approaches to existing solutions.

Skills

Python/Java

Distributed systems

Containerized apps

AWS stack

Communication skills

Data engineering (ETL)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Kafka

Kafka Streams

PyTorch

PySpark

EC2

S3

Elastic Beanstalk

AWS Lambda

Job description

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 550 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

THE TEAM

We are seeking candidates to join our Personalization team. This team is responsible for developing recommendation system that improve experience for millions of fans daily by helping them to navigate through thousands of artists playing in the area. We improve ticket purchase experience for hundreds of millions of live event fans by using real time streaming combined with various AWS technologies. If you are a passionate technologist who can get a lot done while having fun, come join a team of like-minded, skilled professionals where you can learn and share your knowledge!

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Work with Data Scientists and Engineers to introduce new features, new models, and new techniques to improve the Live Nation and Ticketmaster recommendation platform
• Write clean, well-designed, testable, and efficient code
• Contribute to all phases of the application development life cycle
• Build out and support all the necessary infrastructure in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS)
• Maintain and evolve existing real-time processing systems
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs as well as propose solutions to identified problems
• Ensure overall system health through automated testing and monitoring
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to provide efficient automated processes
• Integrate with 3rd-party applications and vendors
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternative approaches to existing solutions

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
• Mid-level engineer with strong knowledge of Python 5+ years of experience developing software using Java/Python or similar high-level language
• Experience in development of highly available and reliable distributed systems
• Familiarity with AWS stack (EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda)
• Experience working with containerized applications
• Experience with Kafka and Kafka Streams
• Data Engineering skills (ETL)
• PySpark and PyTorch or similar a bonus
• Effective visual and verbal communication skills

BENEFITS & PERKS

• HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
• YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
• FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
• CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas. We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

RECOGNIZED FOR

Recognized for seven years as a Great Place to Work® and named one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Our world-class teams specialize in all aspects of the live entertainment industry, from ground-breaking innovations in ticketing, global venue development and operations, concert promotion and production, sales and brand partnerships, and unparalleled artist management supported by professionals in all facets of corporate operations. We believe in taking care of the countless employees helping artists bring live music to fans all around the world. Our many unique benefit programs are designed to help our teams live life to the fullest including generous vacation, healthcare, retirement benefits, student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, six months of paid caregiver leave for new parents including fostering and perks like Roadie Babies helping new parents care for their babies on work trips. And of course, access to free live events through our exclusive employee ticketing program. There is no bigger stage for your career. See what your future looks like at Live Nation Entertainment.