Mid Software Engineer

Job Summary:

JOB DESCRIPTION –Software Engineer

Location: Athens, Greece (Hybrid- 1 day per week in the office)

Division: Ticketmaster Sports XT

Contract Terms: Permanent, 40hours 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 Back-End 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 Back-end Software Engineer, you will be responsible for analysing 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.
• Proven’ work experience in a similar back-end position (3-5 years required).
• 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 release management (i.e. Nexus, Gitlab, Maven).

Nice to have (Front-end exposure)

• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JSP.
• Basic experience with JavaScript, React or JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Bootstrap).
• Front end skills are not required but considered a plus.

YOU (BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS)

• Work collaboratively with co-workers.
• Attention to detail.
• Self-motivated.
• Committed to continuous improvement.

LIFE AT TICKETMASTER

We are proud to be a part of Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live entertainment company.

Our vision at Ticketmaster is to connect people around the world to the live events they love. As the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the leading global provider of enterprise tools and services for the live entertainment business, we are uniquely positioned to successfully deliver on that vision. 

We do it all with an intense passion for Live and an inspiring and diverse culture driven by accessible leaders, attentive managers, and enthusiastic teams. If you’re passionate about 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.

Our work is guided by our 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

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities. #LI-JCK #LI-Hybrid