[Remote] Senior Data Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and implement large-scale data systems, optimize data workflows, and leverage AI technologies to improve productivity and enhance pipeline reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, Python, and SQL
• Optimize data workflows and SQL/Spark queries for performance, cost efficiency, and reliability
• Contribute to the design of our enterprise Data Lake and curated data assets
• Build robust ingestion frameworks, transformation logic, and reusable data engineering components
• Support data migrations and modernization efforts from legacy systems to cloud-based platforms
• Use AI coding copilots (Databricks Assistant, GitHub Copilot, SQL copilots) to accelerate development, code review, test creation, and documentation
• Automate repetitive tasks (schema evolution, config generation, logging templates, test data creation) with generative AI tools
• Leverage AI to auto-detect pipeline anomalies, data drift, quality issues, and performance bottlenecks
• Incorporate AI-assisted query optimization tools to improve Spark & SQL performance
• Ability to learn and utilize LLM-powered tools to generate, refactor, and explain complex SQL, PySpark logic, and pipeline configurations
• Work cross-functionally with Product, data consumers to deliver high-quality data solutions
• Participate in Agile ceremonies & contribute to sprint planning & technical design discussions
• Mentor junior data engineers, promote best practices in AI-assisted data engineering
• Ensure strong documentation, standards adoption, & continuous improvement across the team

Skills

• 5–7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience
• Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, PySpark, and ETL/ELT frameworks
• Strong experience with Databricks and distributed data processing
• Demonstrated ability to optimize SQL/Spark workloads for performance and cost
• Experience using AI development tools such as: GitHub Copilot, Databricks Assistant, SQL/IDE AI copilots, AI-based data quality or monitoring tools
• Solid understanding of data modeling, governance, and CI/CD for data pipelines
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a cross-functional environment
• Experience working in Agile environments with tools like Jira and Confluence

Benefits

• Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday
• Free concert tickets
• 401(k) program with company match
• Stock Program
• New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and childcare cash
• Infertility support
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• Volunteer time off
• Crowdfunding network

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