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SiriusXM · 10 hours ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, delivering a compelling audio experience through various platforms. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will design and implement enterprise RESTful APIs, develop resilient systems using Scala, and support distributed systems at scale while ensuring code quality and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

ScalaFunctional programmingRESTful APIsDistributed systemsAWSSoftware development lifecycleAsynchronous programmingAccountabilityCuriosityCommunication skills

Required

8+ years professional experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent 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 U.S

Benefits

Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives

Company

SiriusXM

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SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices.

H1B Sponsorship

SiriusXM has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2020 (21)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.98B
Key Investors
JP Morgan ChaseBerkshire HathawayLiberty Media
2025-08-20Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2025-07-04Post Ipo Equity· $459M
2009-02-01Post Ipo Debt· $525.75M

Leadership Team

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Jennifer Witz
Chief Executive Officer
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Wayne Thorsen
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
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