Job Summary:
JOB DESCRIPTION
Location: Toronto, ON
Division: Ticketmaster NA – Festivals & GA (Universe)
Line Manager: Lead Software Developer
Contract Terms: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Position Details: This job advertisement is for an existing, immediate vacancy
THE TEAM
Universe is a leader in online ticketing for general admission events. We’re constantly innovating with a focus on attractions and exhibits and are growing our team! We serve some of the biggest names in entertainment across attractions & clubs with operations spanning 15 countries across North America and Europe.
Originally a start-up, we maintain a culture of small teams solving big problems operating as an independent entity within the larger Ticketmaster/Live Nation family. We set our own roadmap and operate a modern tech stack all with the financial backing and resources of a Fortune 500 company. Free concert tickets are a cool perk too!
THE JOB
As an Intermediate Software Developer at Universe, you will apply your passion for technology and live entertainment as we work together to build a world-class, highly scalable Event Ticketing platform. In this deeply technical position, you’ll work closely with your team to build reliable and scalable solutions to tough technical challenges. You’ll be challenged with the rewarding tasks of understanding our customers with strong empathy, curating a fantastic product experience, and championing our vision to new heights.
Universe is undergoing a metamorphosis as our tech platforms face new and more challenging opportunities. We’re adopting contract-driven development and a service-centric architecture as we upgrade our legacy systems and APIs written in Ruby on Rails with more easily scalable, performant, and purpose-built replacements powered by Node, NextJS and TypeScript. You’ll work with many tools and languages including TypeScript, JavaScript, and Ruby using tools and frameworks like NextJS, Node, Kafka, Postgres, gRPC, Mongo, Grafana, GraphQL, and Rails on container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
We deploy continuously, and release often to ensure we are building a reliable technology platform that provides customers a fast and efficient experience.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Develop end-to-end features across the full stack, from user-facing interfaces and components to back-end services and data models
- Driving quality and performance across the organization, including leading best practice adoption through your advocacy for observability and performance testing.
- Supporting the maintenance of our legacy systems while investing in future-centric architecture.
- Collaborating with stakeholders like Product Managers and UX Designers to scope requirements and deliver solutions.
Our job descriptions evolve with our business needs and priorities. In addition to the description above, your role may include additional duties, responsibilities, projects and team support as needed.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)
- Minimum of 2-3 years of professional experience working as a Software Developer.
- Experience with full-stack programming languages and tools will enable you to hit the ground running!
- Strong communication skills. This role will be working closely with people from various domains and timezones.
- Independence and initiative to take ownership of solving problems.
- Growth mindset for you and your teammates during feedback, pairing, and code reviews.
- Experience with any of the following technologies is a bonus: TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, NextJS, Node, Kafka, Grafana, GraphQL, Mongo, Postgres, Elastic, Redis, Kubernetes, Docker.
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.
Ticketmaster Canada will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in the job application process. If you have difficulty using our online application system and need an accommodation due to a disability, please email [email protected]. Please note this inbox is limited to accommodation requests. Resumes submitted to this inbox will not be considered.
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The expected compensation for this position in Ontario is: $88,000 - $110,000 CAD annually.
