Principal Software Engineer – Platform Modernization
Live Nation Entertainment
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $158,000 - $199,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AnsibleGoGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusPythonRustTerraform
About the role
- Design and implement backend systems that abstract infrastructure concerns and enable self-service capabilities.
- Own the development and support of internal tools, APIs, and automation frameworks used by infrastructure and application teams.
- Drive enhancements to CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, focusing on security, repeatability, and observability.
- Define backend architectures and patterns that scale across infrastructure domains.
- Create design documents, system diagrams, and proof-of-concepts that guide development and integration.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align platform modernization initiatives with long-term goals.
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of strong backend engineering, maintainability, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Deep experience as a backend or platform software engineer, ideally focused on developer tooling or infrastructure automation.
- Strong programming proficiency in Go, Rust, or Python.
- Proven experience designing internal APIs, automation frameworks, or infrastructure control planes.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible.
- Understanding of SRE principles and a metrics-driven approach to software reliability and observability (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
- Awareness of how infrastructure works, but with a builder's mindset —this is not an operations or SRE role.
- Experience working in Agile, remote, cross-functional environments.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
- Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
- 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
- New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
- Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
- Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
backend systems designAPI designautomation frameworksprogramming in Goprogramming in Rustprogramming in PythonCI/CD pipelinesinfrastructure-as-codeKubernetesSRE principles
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationcommunicationcontinuous improvementstakeholder alignment