Senior Staff Data Engineer: Scale Pipelines & APIs

SiriusXM Radio, Inc.; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 126,700 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

SiriusXM Radio, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer to join a high-performance team building backend services, data products, and reporting applications.

You will design scalable data pipelines and REST APIs, collaborating with ad measurement and revenue data teams to deliver reliable insights at scale. The role requires 12+ years in software engineering with Python or Java, 7+ years in data pipelines, and expertise across Spark, BigQuery, and cloud platforms like AWS/GCP.

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.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance, reliable, and scalable reporting APIs and data pipelines.
• Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions work with ad measurement, revenue and addressability data.
• Work with various teams of engineers building software in a collaborative development process.
• Collaborate with the Product team to clarify the scope of the projects by giving thoughtful feedback which challenges and clarifies requirements intent.
• Execute tasks with utmost clarity and precision, demonstrating a strong sense of ownership and providing clear direction to drive projects forward effectively.
• Collaborate with the Global Operations and Cloud Infrastructure teams to ensure flawless production deployments and support the Incident Management team.
• Responsible for mentoring and guiding junior engineers.

Skills

Python

Java

Spark

BigQuery

AWS

GCP

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Flink

Pub/Sub

Jira

Confluence

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

NoSQL

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics or a related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Snowflake

BigQuery

Docker

Kubernetes

S3

API Gateway

Job description

SiriusXM Radio, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer to join a high-performance team building backend services, data products, and reporting applications.

You will design scalable data pipelines and REST APIs, collaborating with ad measurement and revenue data teams to deliver reliable insights at scale. The role requires 12+ years in software engineering with Python or Java, 7+ years in data pipelines, and expertise across Spark, BigQuery, and cloud platforms like AWS/GCP.