Engineering Manager – Software

Job Description

Job title: Engineering Manager – Software

Company: Live Nation Entertainment

Job description: Job Summary:

Front Gate Tickets is North America’s leading software and operations provider for the festival market. We provide technical solutions for e-commerce ticketing, access control, data management, and fan engagement. We partner and run on-site operations for over 200 festivals each year and are on a massive growth trajectory matched by no one in the industry. We do it for the fans!

Front Gate is owned by Live Nation Entertainment and acts as Ticketmaster’s festival arm. We have two offices located in Austin, TX.

THE TEAM

Our product development team is responsible for designing and building the technical solutions that make up North America’s premier festival ticketing platform. We are a modestly sized group that takes pride in our ability to deliver timely results across a wide breadth of product offerings. These offerings cover (but are not limited to) ecommerce, box office management, marketing and fulfillment services, and on-site access control. We’re looking for individuals to help us design and build our next generation of industry leading tools and technologies.

THE JOB

Lead multiple groups of software engineers in building and supporting best-in-class music festival centric technical solutions.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Report to VP of Engineering and serve as a company leader for software engineering team.
• Collaborate with supervisor in defining software engineering strategy and technical roadmap.
• Lead staffing efforts across several teams – onshore vs. offshore as well as full-time vs. contract.
• Address relevant personnel matters such as resource allocation and performance evaluation.
• Monitor and support skill and career development for direct reports.
• Unite technical leaders in the definition of processes and best practices.
• Serve as an advocate for technical initiatives in the product roadmap planning process.
• Periodically provide valuable individual coding contributions to expedite initiatives.
• Support on-call needs through direct contribution or escalation / rotation management.

OUR STACK

• PHP
• Node.js
• Gitlab
• Jenkins

• React
• JavaScript ES5/ES6
• Bootstrap
• AWS

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES

• 8+ years experience related work experience.
• 2+ years experience in a leadership role.
• Expert knowledge of …

• application and data architecture
• agile methodologies
• object oriented programming principles
• version control tools and best practices
• Advanced knowledge of …

• prevailing best practices and design patterns
• testing methodologies
• Mastery of one or more scripting languages.

“Applicants for this position must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.; we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.”

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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.

Front Gate Tickets strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Front Gate Tickets will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Front Gate Tickets also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Front Gate Tickets will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case by case basis.

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.

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

The expected compensation for this position in California is: $144,000.00 USD – $180,000.00 USD

**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the California Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law. It is estimated based on what a successful California applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in California or perform the position from California. Similar positions located outside of California will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the California Law, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Expected salary:

Location: Austin, TX

Job date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 06:47:57 GMT

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