Who we are
Songkick
is the largest concert discovery service and artist-to-fan ticketing
platform in the world. Our goal is to help artists sell more tickets
directly to their fans and fix the central problem at the heart of the
concert industry – that 50% of tickets go unsold. Working with over 500
artists and ticketing thousands of events worldwide each year, we’re
working to make every show a sellout.
Songkick delivers
personalized alerts for upcoming concerts to its 10 million monthly
unique fans, making it easy for these fans to track their favorite
artists so they never miss them live.
Our company has also powered
worldwide programs for some of the world’s biggest artists, including
Adele, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Kenny Chesney, and
Ellie Goulding, creating the ultimate artist experience by linking fans
through innovative ticketing technology and marketing solutions.
With
offices strategically positioned in London, Los Angeles, Nashville, and
New York, Songkick combines technology and expertise to make the
concert experience better for artists and fans alike.
What we’re looking for
At
Songkick we’re dedicated to making sure you never miss your favourite
artist live. This means building applications to understand what’s
happening in the live music industry; to allow fans to track artists and
purchase concert tickets, to allow artists to engage with their fans;
to allow our amazing team to make all of this a reality and much more.
We’re
adding several new team members and are looking for developers with the
ability to take on a range of challenges: from developing our highly
scalable website and commerce platform, to integrating that service with
other platforms (mobile, social networks, streaming services), to
large-scale data acquisition and processing.
Requirements
- 2+
years of experience developing commercial web applications in modern
programming languages - we use Ruby and Golang right now, but experience
in other languages like PHP, Python, Java, or .Net are all great
- Excited to use Agile methodologies such as TDD, pair programming, refactoring, continuous integration
- Ability to work in a flexible manner, building prototypes fast and evolving these into scalable production-quality systems
- All candidates must have the right to work in the UK
Big plus if you have
- Experience working with Ruby (Rails, Sinatra), Go, PHP and / or Javascript
- Contributions to open source projects
- Experience working with MySQL
- Worked on a Service-Oriented Architecture
- A love of live music in any genre
Compensation
- Competitive salary
- Medical Benefits
- Employer-matched pension scheme
- Monthly concert ticket allowance (living the dream right here!) and an awesome team mean you’ll never have to go to a show alone
- Stocked kitchen and daily snacks
- Monthly team movie nights
- Employee stock options mean you’ll own a piece
- Unlimited paid time off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Life insurance and income replacement scheme
- Company sponsored social events
Find out more
If you want to know more about our technical work take a look at Songkick’s DevBlog.
Songkick
is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity through attracting and
retaining a diverse team of employees and creating an inclusive
environment for all.