Principal Data Engineer, Live Nation
Databricks Platform
$163-204k
Entertainment events promoter and producer
Open for applications
Entertainment events promoter and producer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$163-204k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Live Nation's mission is to help live music fans more easily and quickly find concert tickets and information about their favourite artists and venues.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on designing and implementing data platforms
- Proven track record of successfully architecting and delivering large-scale data solutions, e.g. platforms that process millions of streaming events per second or Petabytes of data daily
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala
- Hands-on experience with data processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Apache Flink
- Hands on experience using version control systems such as Git and CI/CD workflows and practice
- Extensive knowledge of data warehousing, data modeling, relational databases, and NoSQL databases
- Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-based data services and solutions (e.g., Databricks)
- Hands-on experience with data compliance (eg. CCPA, GDPR, etc) and governance
- Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
What the job involves
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and translate business requirements into technical specifications and designs
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines, ETL processes, and data warehouses to support data ingestion, transformation, and storage
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks for data processing, storage, and analytics, considering security, scalability, performance, and cost factors
- Define and enforce data engineering best practices, standards, and guidelines to ensure data quality, reliability, and consistency
- Architect and implement solutions for real-time data processing, streaming analytics, and batch processing
- Conduct performance optimization, tuning, and troubleshooting of data infrastructure components to ensure optimal performance and resource utilization
- Stay abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in data engineering, cloud computing, and big data analytics
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance
- Participate in on-call rotations/Pagerduty for data platform support
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Our take
Live Nation is the world's leading live entertainment company, sitting at the top of the market in live events and ticketing. Formed in 2009, it is a major international company, with key business segments made up of concerts, ticketing, and sponsorship and advertising.
Despite its dominant position in the market, the company saw an 84% drop in revenue during 2020 and the closure of live events. Since then, however, demand has been stronger than ever for their ticket sales. This is a reflection that live events remain a clear priority for consumers and has been further reflected in Live Nation's acquisitions of companies - like Goodlive - that complement and bolster Live Nation's portfolio.
In addition to live events, a key area to watch for Live Nation will be the rise of online concert streaming, like that undertaken by competitors such as Driift. Major festivals such as Glastonbury have trialled online concerts with mixed reviews. If it proves successful, this could be a major new section of the entertainment market and a big potential part of Live Nation's future ventures.
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Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
- YOURSELF: Paid time off policy including holidays, sick time and day off for your birthday, free concert tickets
- WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
- FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, infertility support
- CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
- OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network
Company values
- Live for artists - Artists are the heart of what we do and we have deep reverence and respect for their creativity. We believe live music is vital to art and culture which is why in 2019, we paid artists more than $6 billion, making Live Nation by far the largest financial supporter of musicians. Beyond global touring deals and festival performances, our Artist Nation group offers services such as management, business marketing and consulting to artists across all genres
- Live for decentralisation - We don’t believe in bureaucracy and we don’t mandate synergy. We keep our corporate teams small, because we trust that our decentralized divisions know how to make the best decisions for their businesses in real time
- Live for ideas - Part of working in a creative industry is imagining what could be and exploring the possibilities. We encourage everyone at Live Nation to dream big and email our CEO with ideas to move our business forward
- Live for entrepreneurship - Employees who thrive here are self-starters who are experts at what they do. While we give a tremendous amount of independence to our employees, we are also precise and exacting about performance. There is no hiding behind process here. You are evaluated on your results and concrete contributions to our business
- Live for focus - We have a long “To Do” list but an even longer “Not To Do” list. As the demand for live events continues to grow across the globe, we have to stay focused on our core mission of connecting artists with their fans for those magical hours of live music
- Live for talent - We believe talent comes from any place or background. This is not a place for elitists. We hire people for who they are – hard workers who deliver results and are passionate about what they do
Company HQ
Barbican, London, UK
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Leadership
Michael Rapino
(President and CEO, not founder)They worked for 10 years in various marketing and entertainment capacities at Labatt’s Breweries of Canada. They held several roles at Clear Channel Communications, including President and CEO of Global Music. They were named CEO and President of Live Nation in 2005.
People progressing
Joined as a Financial Accounting Manager in 2017, promoted to Director and then VP of Financial Accounting.
Joined as Executive VP Marketing in 2012, promoted to Senior VP & Head of Marketing after 2 years.
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