Who are we?

Ticketmaster is the world's leading live event ticketing company selling over 465 million tickets each year and supporting more than 12,500 clients in 22 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.  

Why Ticketmaster?

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: recruiting video

The Role:

At Ticketmaster, we are building a new platform for live entertainment.  Over the past 4 years, our API has gone from a $1 million/year to $1 billion/year, including through mobile initiatives.  Today we sell tickets not only on Ticketmaster.com but on partner e-commerce sites and the biggest social networks.  As we continue to grow we need outstanding Java engineers.  That’s where you come in.

Potential projects include:

• Public API services including our Commerce API, Content Discovery APIs, Mobile App APIs
• A new open platform that allows partners to syndicate Ticketmaster content
• Data science applications including recommendation systems, personalization and bot detection, and real time fraud detection
• Search applications, data pipelines and content aggregation
• Web applications including the next generation of Ticketmaster.com and great client apps in our ever-expanding B2B platform

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related preferred
• Experience with Java ecosystem
• Familiarity with one or more scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl and Bash
• Previous work with Agile and Lean practices preferred
• Passion for learning, collaborating and building

Key Cultural Aspects:

• Innovation matters—we embrace creativity and taking risks
• Team environment—we help each other succeed
• Vibrant energy fueling progress—think hackathons and devjams
• DevOps—you build it, you ship it, you run it
• Work-life balance—we develop software at a sustainable rate
• Open Source development model
• Quality and scalability through automation
• We use tech that rocks—Java 8, Groovy, Clojure, Python, SpringBoot, Vert.x, Docker and AWS

If the above description sounds interesting to you and fits your background, apply online at www.livenationentertainment.com/careers to join the Ticketmaster team today!

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Ticketmaster strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

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.

Ticketmaster recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Ticketmaster may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, Internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.