LN, Media & Sponsorship || Senior Software Engineer

Job Summary:

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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 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 JOB

The Senior Software Engineer will lead the development, deployment and technical lifecycle of the Promoted Ads self-service application. The role will work closely with Product and Design to scope future enhancements, features and functionality.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the TM Promoted product, working across data pipelines, backend systems, and cloud infrastructure to ensure reliability, scalability, and data integrity.
• Design and develop the TM Promoted platform and integration solutions for various features and functionality.
• Work closely with the Engineering Manager, contractors, and cross-functional teams to identify data requirements, define data models, and develop scalable solutions to support our growing data needs.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate infrastructure performance and identify opportunities for improvement and optimization.
• Ensure compliance with data security and privacy policies and implement appropriate access controls and data governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure that data infrastructure supports their analytical needs and requirements.
• Develop and maintain documentation for data systems and processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data platform issues.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend development or data engineering, ideally using Python.
• Proficiency in Python and experience building backend applications using Flask, Fastapi, or similar.
• Experience working with cloud services, especially AWS. Experience with Databricks is a strong plus.
• Solid understanding of designing and maintaining ETL pipelines and data workflows.
• Comfortable working with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with DevOps or cloud infrastructure practices (e.g., CI/CD, monitoring, infrastructure as code).
• Bonus if you’ve worked in more than one of the following areas: Data Engineering, DevOps, Full Stack, Machine Learning, or Cloud Development.
• Certification in AWS or Databricks is a nice to have.
• Familiar with Git and general Agile development practices.
• Experience with MLflow, Kafka, or containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is a plus but not required.
• Prior exposure to Meta or Google APIs is a bonus.
• Experience working in ecommerce, marketplaces, or retail industries is a plus.
• Understanding of data privacy, security, and responsible handling of production data.

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

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.

**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the CO EPEWA, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

The expected compensation for this position is:

$140-150K

** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.