Senior Staff Software Engineer

OverviewSenior Staff Software Engineer at SiriusXM. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining backend services, data products, and reporting applications in a high-performance environment.Who We Are: SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services. Our goal is to shape the future of audio so listeners can be connected to the voices, stories, and music they love wherever they are.How You’ll Make An Impact: As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will join a highly performing team of engineers who build, own, and maintain backend services, data products and reporting applications. You will design, collaborate, and execute building the AdsWizz data products and reporting systems at scale while automating and providing insights into the data onboarding with the SXM Media and AdsWizz services.What You’ll DoDesign and build high-performance, reliable, and scalable reporting APIs and data pipelines.Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions with ad measurement, revenue, and addressability data.Work with various teams of engineers in a collaborative development process.Execute tasks with ownership and provide clear direction to drive projects forward effectively.Collaborate with the Product team to clarify project scope by giving thoughtful feedback that challenges and clarifies requirements intent.Collaborate with Global Operations and Cloud Infrastructure teams to ensure production deployments and support Incident Management.Conduct technical interviews as needed, ensuring a high bar for engineering excellence and performance standards.Mentor and guide junior engineers.What You’ll NeedBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics or a related field.12+ years of software engineering experience in Java (preferably JDK17 or higher).5+ years of experience developing and designing data applications and data pipelines.7+ years of experience crafting microservices and scalable products on diverse cloud platforms (ideally AWS).Strong understanding of software engineering processes, lifecycle methodology, configuration management, release management, and testing.Ability to work independently and oversee entire projects or major parts, with a focus on timely completion.Proven ability to research and become proficient in new technologies.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and continuous improvement mindset.Proficiency in constructing detailed software architecture diagrams.Interpersonal skills to interact with staff at all levels.REST API-based microservices using Java (and/or Python) or similar.Experience with cloud data warehouses and analytics platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery).Experience building data pipelines using Spark, BigQuery, AWS EMR, and GCP Cloud Analytics.Caching implementations (e.g., Redis, Memcached).Messaging platforms and stream processing (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Pub/Sub).Experience with data pipeline testing/validation frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations, Soda, Monte Carlo).Working with containers (Docker, Kubernetes).Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).Familiarity with collaboration tools (Miro/Lucidchart, Jira, Confluence).Nice to have: Designing and maintaining Public APIs and data contracts.Nice to have: Security basics (OAuth2).Nice to have: Foundational AWS services (S3, CloudTrail, SQS, SNS, Lambda, API Gateway, ElasticCache, Athena, Kinesis, EKS, Cognito). Nice to have: NoSQL databases (Druid, DynamoDB, SingleStore, etc.).Nice to have: Experience with AI coding assistants and tools for coding and data analytics.Must have legal right to work in the U.S.Compensation: At SiriusXM, compensation considers a wide range of factors including background and experience. The base salary for this position is expected to be in the range of $156,400 to $225,000 and will depend on skills, qualifications, and experience. This role may be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.EEO Statement: Our goal is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice. R-2025-07-18 #J-18808-Ljbffr