Principal Software Engineer, Platform Modernization

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Live Nation Entertainment

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1996

📱 Media

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-01

Media • Entertainment

Live Nation Entertainment is the global leader in live entertainment, powering unforgettable experiences around the world. Artist-powered and fan-driven, Live Nation works with musicians to bring their creativity to life on stages across the globe. As the top producer of concerts, ticket seller, and brand connector to music, Live Nation's platform leads the market in these three core industries. Their mission extends beyond entertainment, aiming to uplift, inspire, and create memories through the power of live music.

📋 Description

• Design and implement backend systems that abstract infrastructure concerns and enable self-service capabilities • Own the development and support of internal tools, APIs, and automation frameworks used by infrastructure and application teams • Drive enhancements to CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, focusing on security, repeatability, and observability • Define backend architectures and patterns that scale across infrastructure domains • Create design documents, system diagrams, and proof-of-concepts that guide development and integration • Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align platform modernization initiatives with long-term goals • Mentor engineers and foster a culture of strong backend engineering, maintainability, and continuous improvement • Drive technical direction and architectural decisions for the team.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven years of experience as a backend or platform software engineer (or equivalent experience), ideally focused on developer tooling or infrastructure automation • Strong programming proficiency in Go or Python • Awareness of additional systems languages (e.g., Rust) is a plus • Proven experience designing internal APIs, automation frameworks, or infrastructure control planes • Experience with gRPC, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka) for inter-service communication • Familiarity with Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible • Understanding of SRE principles and a metrics-driven approach to software reliability and observability (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) • Experience working in Agile, remote, cross-functional environments • Eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous vacation • Healthcare • Retirement benefits • Student loan repayment • Tuition reimbursement • Six months of paid caregiver leave for new parents including fostering • Access to free live events through employee ticketing program