Engineer, Software

Job Description

Software Engineer – Specializing in Backend Technologies

Locations: Hollywood, CA | Scottsdale, AZ

Job Type: Full Time

Who are we?

Ticketmaster, a proud division of Live Nation Entertainment, is the world's leading live event high tech ticketing company selling nearly 455 million tickets each year, supporting over 145,000 events and more than 12,000 clients in 21 countries worldwide.  At Ticketmaster, we power the people who create culture through live events, connecting more passionate fans to those experiences than anyone else.  We are innovators that embrace change and work hard to help others succeed.  We believe in open communication and stress accountability, because fans and clients count on us every day.  We strive for ease of use for our clients and fans while seeking out those who have a bias for action versus a desire for directives. 

The Team

At Ticketmaster, we are the team that is responsible for our customer's account systems and post-purchase experience, providing high volume, low latency authentication systems and feature-rich, highly reliable ticket, order, resale management systems for the fan facing experience. Being part of this team, you will be an integral member of the system that supports millions of fans and clients every day.

A career at Ticketmaster will challenge and engage you. The pace here is fast, the atmosphere is fun and a passion for live events is a common thread that ties us together. As a global and growing business, we can truly offer a world of opportunities to expand your skills and develop your career. Visit any of our offices and you'll find a diverse mix of passionate employees, helping fans around the globe connect with the artists, teams, and events they love. It truly is a unique and rewarding environment. See and hear more about why you should consider joining our rock-star team: Glassdoor(https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Ticketmaster-EI_IE8873.11,23.htm)

The Job

We are looking for a Software Engineer who is independent, fast-learning, self-starter. You will participate in translating business objectives into technical solutions and there by building, delivering and maintaining the products.

You'll be challenged to envision the technical aspects and solutions for the future landscape of globalizing the products.  This role is a great opportunity to grow your technical skills and deliver highly impactful products that help millions of fans to experience live events.

What You will be Doing
• Participate in development work across globally distributed software teams.
• Connect with a series of stakeholders to gather as much information as possible regarding the problem at hand (UX / Design / Product / PMO…etc.).
• Participate in building services and applications that powers the Ticketmaster site across all markets.
• Write well-designed, efficient code with unit tests, logging and comments; Refactor code where needed.
• Resolve problems as they occur and have advanced troubleshooting techniques.
• Automate testing, deployments, performance, and recovery.
• Focus on building software, keeping in mind the main principles of performance, flexibility, and platform scalability.
• Maintain and adopt code standards, patterns and best practices through pairing and code reviews.
• Seek opportunities to try out new ideas and solutions.
• Implements activities that generally impact important components / processes of the work of own unit / team / projects.
• Monitor logs and identify issues.

What You Need to Know
• You are passionate about designing, implementing and maintaining products
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or software engineering
• Minimum 3+ years of Java development experience.
• Minimum 2+ years of Spring Boot / Spring Framework experience
• Minimum 2+ years of experience working with web application
• Experience with HTML, CSS & raw Javascript
• Experience with recently popular JS frameworks (Ember, Angular, React) is a major plus
• Experience with high-volume transactional systems and public facing APIs
• Experience with an
open source development environment using tools such as Maven, Jenkins, Git, GIT CI
• Solid understanding and experience with service oriented and micro-service architectures
• Experience with open-source libraries/frameworks, e.g. Hystrix , Ribbon, Vert.x , Eureka, etc.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented and functional programming, data structures and algorithms
• Ability to troubleshoot, performance tune and understand java memory utilization in code produced
• Desire and ability to learn new technologies quickly

Nice to have
• Experience working in a dev-ops environment 
• Experience in scripting languages i.e. PHP, Bash, Perl, Ruby, Python
• Experience in Agile & Lean Development Experience
• Experience in automated testing and behavior testing frameworks such as Cucumber, Nightwatch
• Public Cloud experience preferably in AWS 
• You maintain or contribute to open-source software projects

You
• You are autonomous and proactive
• You focus on results and desired outcomes and how best to achieve them
• You can consider multiple approaches and recommends the best technical direction including logic and reasoning
• You can work with minimal supervision
• You can solve technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation
• You promote cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables
• You maintain and fosters relationships within, across, and external to organizational boundaries
• You are passionate about technology, software development and transformation
• You desire to continually improve your own skills, and ability to transfer that to the skills of others

Ticketmaster Values
• Rock Solid Reliability – I earn the trust of clients, co-workers and fans; I set clear expectations; I deliver high-quality work on time and on task; I take the time to do things right
• Winning Teamwork – I collaborate with others; I share information openly; I listen and take time to empathize and understand where others are coming from; I show recognition and appreciation for the contributions of others
• Act with Integrity – I am proud of the way I represent myself and the company to others; I act with good intentions; I have direct, honest conversations while creating a safe work environment for open dialogue; I represent information and data accurately and completely

Culture

We're fans who help fans everywhere get into the live events they love. A proud division of Live Nation Entertainment, Ticketmaster has changed the way the world connects with their favo u rite artists, teams, and shows, and we continue to shape innovation every day. We're not just selling tickets (though we do that better than anyone else), we're enriching lives one amazing experience at a time. And we think that's pretty amazing. If you're passionate about the magic of live entertainment like we are, and you want to work at a company dedicated to helping millions of fans experience it, we want to hear from you.

We have a 'Fan First' mindset, placing customers at the heart of everything we do. Whether working behind the scenes or engaging directly with the 'Fan' you will be part of a culture that supports and enriches the fan experience. Your work, our passion… delivering world class experiences – Fan First.

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