Principal Software Engineer (Remote, United Kingdom)
Live Nation Entertainment3 days ago
Remote, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design and delivery of scalable, maintainable components across the TM1 Maps platform.
- Shape application architecture with emphasis on reliability, simplicity, observability, and maintainability.
- Build and improve micro-frontends and backend services using React, TypeScript, Java, and Spring Boot.
- Develop and operate services on AWS and Kubernetes.
- Design and support shared services, APIs, and integrations for internal and external teams.
- Improve automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, performance, and recovery automation.
- Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards through technical guidance and design feedback.
- Influence technical direction across teams, resolve roadblocks, and align stakeholders around architecture decisions.
- Troubleshoot production issues, improve real-time system reliability and performance, and participate in on-call support.
Requirements
- Strong professional experience building and operating production software systems.
- Strong Java development skills, including Spring Boot experience.
- Strong frontend development experience with React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Experience with NodeJS and Express.
- Experience designing shared services, APIs, and distributed applications.
- Experience with microservices or event-driven architecture and maintainable software design practices.
- Experience modernizing and supporting legacy systems.
- Experience with production reliability, monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and performance improvement.
- Experience with CI/CD and delivery tooling such as Maven and GitLab CI.
- Working knowledge of database technologies such as DynamoDB, Oracle, MySQL, or MongoDB.
- Experience working in Agile and DevOps-oriented teams with delivery and production-support responsibility.
- Ability to influence technical direction without direct people-management authority.
- Preferred experience includes Elasticsearch, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, and supporting teams integrating with shared platforms or services.
- Ability to work autonomously, communicate clearly, mentor engineers, and build alignment across multidisciplinary teams.
Benefits
- Permanent remote position based in the United Kingdom, with travel to London for meetings when required.
- Inclusive workplace with support for balancing work and home life.
- Opportunities for professional and personal development, new experiences, and learning from experienced colleagues.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaAWSElasticsearchExpressGitLab CI/CDJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMavenMongoDBMySQLNode.jsReactSpring BootTypeScript
About Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment promotes concerts and festivals, manages artists, operates venues, and sells tickets worldwide through Ticketmaster for fans, artists, venues, and teams. Its revenue comes from ticketing fees, concert promotion and venue operations, and brand sponsorships. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, the public company trades on the NYSE and operates divisions including Ticketmaster, Concerts, Media & Sponsorship, and Artist Nation.