Senior Data Engineering Lead — Scalable Analytics & APIs

Pandora; New Jersey; On-site; USD 127,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

SiriusXM AdsWizz is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join a high-performance backend and data analytics team. You will design, build, and operate data pipelines and reporting APIs at scale, collaborating across ad measurement, revenue, and addressability data domains.

You will mentor junior engineers, lead architecture discussions, and ensure reliable deployments with Cloud technologies (AWS, GCP). A strong Python/Java background and experience with Spark, BigQuery, and Kubernetes are required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience in Python or Java.
• 7+ years designing, building, and managing data pipelines with Spark, BigQuery, AWS EMR, and GCP.
• 7+ years crafting REST API-based microservices on AWS.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Strong observability with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Kafka, Flink, Pub/Sub for streaming data.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence for collaboration.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle, release management, and testing.
• Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Math or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance, reliable data pipelines and reporting APIs.
• Lead architecture discussions for ad measurement, revenue and addressability data.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to deliver scalable data products.
• Guide product scope with clear feedback and requirements.
• Drive production deployments with incident response support.
• Mentor junior engineers and reinforce best practices for data engineering.

Skills

Staff Data Engineer

Python/Java

Data pipelines design

REST APIs

Cloud architectures

Mentoring

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Math

Tools

Spark

BigQuery

AWS EMR

GCP Analytics

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Flink

Pub/Sub

Jira

Confluence

Job description

SiriusXM AdsWizz is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join a high-performance backend and data analytics team. You will design, build, and operate data pipelines and reporting APIs at scale, collaborating across ad measurement, revenue, and addressability data domains.

You will mentor junior engineers, lead architecture discussions, and ensure reliable deployments with Cloud technologies (AWS, GCP). A strong Python/Java background and experience with Spark, BigQuery, and Kubernetes are required.