SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainmentand services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners – in the car, at home, and anywhere on the gowith connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.
This is the place where a diverse group ofemerging talent andlegends alike come toshare authentic andpurposeful songs, stories, sounds andinsights through someof the best programming and technology inthe world.Our critically-acclaimed,industry-leading audioentertainment encompasses music, sports,comedy, news,talk, liveevents,and podcasting. No matter their individual role,each ofour employeesplays a vitalpartinbringingSiriusXM’s vision to life every day.
How you’ll make an impact:
We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the Content Services team within the Platform Services Engineering organization. The Content Services team is responsible for building high throughput, highly available services on SiriusXM’s service platform that are critical to the user experience. This service platform will power multiple SiriusXM consumer products that reach millions of users (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect).
What you’ll do:
Work with a highly collaborative group of engineers.
Innovate to build performant solutions that continue to scale to the increasing demands of the business.
Contribute to a healthy engineering culture and drive best practices.
Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions.
Strive to develop simple solutions to complex problems.
Ensure team-wide code quality through code reviews and PR feedback.
Exhibit accountability at both a personal and team level.
Author and provide feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses.
Help research and recommend new technologies to solve strategic issues.
What you’ll need:
Minimum of seven years professional experience.
Expertise in Scala and functional programming paradigms.
Experience designing and implementing RESTful web APIs in an enterprise setting.
Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, including the use of source control, CI/CD and various testing approaches.
Deep distributed systems knowledge, having supported multiple high-throughput systems in a production setting.
Experience with AWS in a production setting, preferably having leveraged offerings for compute, databases, storage, containers and serverless technologies.
Experience with asynchronous programming models, ideally those that support high-throughput systems running on the JVM in a production setting.
Pragmatic approach to weighing engineering tradeoffs versus business needs.
Persistent sense of curiosity to understand why something is and needs to be.
Accountability and a sense of extreme ownership that doesn’t end after the system is deployed to production.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Must have legal right to work in the UK.
Our goal at SiriusXM 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 actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.
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