Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION –
Senior Software Engineer

Location: Athens, Greece (Hybrid)

Division: Ticketmaster Sports XT

Contract Terms: Permanent, 40 hours per week

THE TEAM

A career at Ticketmaster will challenge and engage you. We support sports events, tournaments, shows and live performances, while connecting more passionate fans to these events. The atmosphere here 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.

THE JOB

We are looking for a skilled and motivated full stack engineer to join the core engineering team of Ticketmaster Sport. This team is responsible for the development and optimization of a complete ticketing web platform used in multiple countries around the world.

In the role of Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for analyzing requirements, developing new functionalities, integrations with 3rd party systems, optimizations, supporting and maintaining the existing web ticketing platform.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
• Design and develop new functionalities on existing ticketing platform.
• Participate in proofs of concepts, engineering, and implementation projects.
• Elicit and analyse requirements for new developments.
• Automate tasks (deployment processes) through specific tools and scripting.
• Assess and size effort associated with work backlog and participate in grooming.
• Write documentation and User-manuals to provide instructions to end users.
• Participate in and contribute to the daily, weekly, sprint cycle team ceremonies.
• Inform recommendations, of strategic projects to mature and improve the software.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing functionalities of ticketing platform.
• Deploy application to different environments (QA, UAT, PROD)
• Provide mentoring to team members.
• Build, run and evaluate performance and load/stress tests.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)
• University degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 to 5 years' work experience in a similar position
• Experience with large scale distributed systems a must.
• Spring Boot / Spring
• Java SE / EE platforms.
• JPA/Hibernate
• Experience in creating automated tests using Unit test, Integration test and End-2-End test.
• Experience designing and developing REST API's.
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and relational databases (MSSQL)
• Proficient understanding of Git and its workflows.
• Experience with one or more front-end technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, JSP, JavaScript, REACT and JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Bootstrap)
• Experience with release management (i.e. Nexus, Gitlab, Maven)

YOU (BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS)
• Work collaboratively with co-workers
• Attention to detail.
• Self-motivated
• Committed to continuous improvement.

TICKETMASTER VALUES

Reliability – We understand that fans and clients rely on us to power their live event experiences, and we rely on each other to make it happen.

Teamwork - We believe individual achievement pales in comparison to the level of success that can be achieved by a team

Integrity – We are committed to the highest moral and ethical standards on behalf of the countless partners and stakeholders we represent.

Belonging - We are committed to building a culture in which all people can be their authentic selves, have an equal voice and opportunities to thrive.

CULTURE

We're fans who help fans everywhere get in to the live events they love. A proud division of Live Nation Entertainment, Ticketmaster has changed the way the world connects with their favourite artists, teams, and shows, and we continue to shape innovation every day. We're not just selling tickets (though we do that better than anyone else), we're enriching lives one incredible experience at a time. And we think that's pretty amazing. If you're passionate about the magic of live entertainment like we are, and you want to work at a company dedicated to helping millions of fans experience it, we want to hear from you.

We have a 'Fan First' mindset, placing customers at the heart of everything we do. Whether working behind the scenes or engaging directly with the 'Fan' you will be part of a culture that supports and enriches the fan experience. Your work, our passion… delivering world class experiences – Fan First.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-RL

Holiday Closure Notice

Ticketmaster will be closed for a couple of weeks during the holiday break, with operations resuming on 6th January 2025. While we may not respond during this time, we will review your application and be in touch as soon as we return. Thank you for your understanding, and we wish you a wonderful holiday season!

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8w94x-3-15-12-133-42 in your application.