Senior Data Engineer Lead — Scalable Analytics & APIs

SiriusXM Radio, Inc.; Princessville (NJ); On-site; USD 126,700 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

SiriusXM is hiring a Senior Staff Data Engineer to design and maintain scalable data pipelines and reporting systems across AdsWizz and SXM Media. You will lead architecture discussions and collaborate with product and cloud teams to deliver reliable data products.

The role requires deep expertise in Python/Java, Spark, BigQuery, and AWS, with strong ownership and mentoring responsibilities. A senior contributor position offering broad impact across our data platform.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience in Python or Java.
• 7+ years designing, building, and managing data pipelines using Spark, BigQuery, AWS EMR, and GCP Cloud Analytics.
• 7+ years crafting REST API based‑microservices and scalable products on AWS.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake and BigQuery.
• Strong observability skills with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Messaging and stream processing experience (Kafka, Pub/Sub).
• Familiarity with Jira/Confluence and collaboration tools.
• Excellent problem-solving and ownership mindset.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Math or related field.
• Legal right to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance, reliable data reporting APIs and pipelines.
• Lead architectural discussions with ad measurement, revenue and addressability data.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering teams in a shared development process.
• Guide product scope and clarify requirements with stakeholders.
• Maintain production deployments and support incident management.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Python

Java

Spark

BigQuery

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

REST APIs

NoSQL

Data modeling

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Math

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Redis

GCP

Job description

SiriusXM is hiring a Senior Staff Data Engineer to design and maintain scalable data pipelines and reporting systems across AdsWizz and SXM Media. You will lead architecture discussions and collaborate with product and cloud teams to deliver reliable data products.

The role requires deep expertise in Python/Java, Spark, BigQuery, and AWS, with strong ownership and mentoring responsibilities. A senior contributor position offering broad impact across our data platform.