Senior Data Engineer — Scalable Pipelines & APIs

Pandora; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 126,700 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

SiriusXM, including Pandora and AdsWizz brands, seeks a Senior Staff Data Engineer to design and own backend data products and reporting systems at scale. You’ll collaborate across teams to automate data onboarding and deliver insights for SXM Media services.

Lead architecture, mentor juniors, and drive end-to-end data solutions in a cloud-first environment with a focus on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience in Python or Java.
• 7+ years building data pipelines with Spark, BigQuery, AWS EMR, and GCP.
• 7+ years crafting REST API microservices across cloud platforms.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Proficient in Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Familiar with data quality tooling (Great Expectations, Soda, Monte Carlo).
• Proficient with Docker and Kubernetes containers.
• Experience with streaming (Kafka, Flink, Pub/Sub).
• Strong collaboration tools proficiency (Jira, Confluence, Miro).

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance reporting APIs and data pipelines.
• Lead architecture discussions for ad measurement, revenue, and addressability data.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering teams in a product-focused process.
• Work with Product to clarify project scope and requirements.
• Provide clear direction and ownership to drive projects forward.
• Coordinate with Global Operations and Cloud Infrastructure for deployments and incident support.

Skills

Python/Java

Spark/BigQuery

REST Microservices

Cloud data warehousing

Observability

Data quality tools

Docker/Kubernetes

Streaming systems

Collaboration tools

Mentoring

Caching (Redis)

NoSQL (DynamoDB)

Cloud platforms

NoSQL databases

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Lucidchart

Miro

Job description

SiriusXM, including Pandora and AdsWizz brands, seeks a Senior Staff Data Engineer to design and own backend data products and reporting systems at scale. You’ll collaborate across teams to automate data onboarding and deliver insights for SXM Media services.

Lead architecture, mentor juniors, and drive end-to-end data solutions in a cloud-first environment with a focus on reliability and performance.