Lead Software Engineer (Remote, United Kingdom)
Live Nation Entertainment1 day ago
Remote, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop new systems and enhancements for high-traffic web, API, data, and full-stack applications.
- Create solution designs and technical documentation while considering cost, capacity, maintainability, architecture, scalability, and fault tolerance.
- Build monitoring, alerting, performance measurement, automated build, and deployment systems.
- Support live applications by diagnosing production issues, reading logs and dashboards, and participating in on-call support.
- Lead solution design discussions, evaluate new technologies, and drive reusable engineering patterns and improvements across teams.
- Lead day-to-day development initiatives by mentoring engineers, reviewing code, coordinating delivery, and escalating blockers.
- Own project delivery activities, stakeholder communication, timelines, and sprint goals.
- Represent the team in cross-functional technical decisions and influence technical strategy and roadmaps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Proficiency in one or more of Java, TypeScript, and Node.js, with willingness to learn the others.
- Proven experience building high-traffic web applications and deploying production systems with a focus on quality and maintainability.
- Experience with cloud-based platforms, preferably AWS, and with supporting live applications and resolving production issues.
- Experience writing SQL queries and working with SQL databases such as MySQL and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and deployment tools including Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Experience with code and build tools including GitLab, Jenkins, and Sonar.
- Experience working in Agile teams and handling production issues or on-call support.
- Strong communication, documentation, organization, estimation, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience running teams day to day without people-management responsibility.
- UI design experience, client-facing data application experience, entertainment or online ticketing experience, and familiarity with diverse cultural and regulatory environments are preferred.
- Understanding of personal use of AI tools such as Claude in the software development lifecycle is preferred.
Benefits
- Permanent contract, 40 hours per week.
- Remote work from the United Kingdom.
- Inclusive workplace with support for professional and personal development, new experiences, and work-life balance.
- Equal-opportunity environment welcoming applicants across backgrounds and circumstances.
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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.