[Hiring] Software Engineer, Marketing Recommendations @Live Nation Entertainment

Role Description

We are seeking candidates to join our Personalization team. This team is responsible for developing recommendation systems that improve the experience for millions of fans daily by helping them navigate through thousands of artists playing in the area. We improve the 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!

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

• 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)
• Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
• New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
• Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
• Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match