Senior Principal Software Engineer

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 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. 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 of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM's vision to life every day. SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment, and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics, and monetization. The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SiriusXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through SiriusXM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers. How you'll make an impact: The Senior Principal Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain web applications, frameworks and infrastructure providing customer facing experiences and capabilities that leverage web technologies for SiriusXM family of applications. The role will provide overarching architecture, design and engineering standard direction around experience development, applications frameworks, infrastructure design and application manageability and sustainability. What you'll do: Perform the lead role in the design, development, management and maintenance of SiriusXM Web Applications, Frameworks and Infrastructure. Be the primary point of contact with Platform, Operations and Media Engineering for overall application architecture and infrastructure related tasks including network design and upgrade activities. Maintain and advocate a customer-centric mindset; collaborate extensively and effectively with cross functional teams to execute activities across a full product lifecycle including exploration, delivery and operation of web solutions at scale. Develop software solutions by studying information needs; understanding existing applications & infrastructure; conferring with users; collaborating with cross functional partners; studying user flow, data usage, service capabilities and operational processes; investigating problem areas; contributing to the software development lifecycle as both architect and an individually contributing engineer. Work with other departments to ensure that all compliance and security requirements are met. Ensure integrity and future-proofing of web solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, an architectural roadmap and programming. Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, diagrams, charts, prototypes and working applications. Handle Tier 1 and 2 support for incoming issues and questions as required. Perform custom application maintenance, including debugging through logs, installing new application releases, patching, etc. Mentor and support other engineers in their solution development and overall engineering excellence. Partner with peers across the engineering organization to advance SiriusXM's overall engineering competencies and practice. Perform other duties as assigned. This position sometimes requires after-hours availability for support and work in order to support the availability and uptime requirements of the business. What you'll need: Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or related field or equivalent experience or military training. 12+ years-experience building web-based systems using JavaScript, React, Angular, or a similar framework. Experience both as a manager supporting a team of 10+ engineers/programmers and as a senior (principal or above) engineer or senior architect. Experience architecting web experiences and frameworks leveraging backend and 3rd party service and microservices. Experience with building and supporting highly available systems for commerce and/or media consumption. Experience with software architecture design, requirements analysis and software development. Significant experience in JavaScript, React, Angular, or a similar framework. Experience with modern web development practices and tools. Experience with RESTful APIs and web services. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). Familiarity with web analytics and observability platforms. Knowledge of IP Networking. Proficiency with command-line tools (Shell, Bash). Interpersonal skills and ability to interact and work with staff at all levels and across multiple disciplines. Ability to work independently and in a team environment. Ability to pay attention to details and be organized. Ability to project a professional image over the phone and in person. Commitment to customer centricity and customer service principles. Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects. Must have legal right to work in the U.S. At SiriusXM, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the base salary for this position to be in the range of $162,400 to $250,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply. 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. #LI-NS1

Created: 2024-11-10