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SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) 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.

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.

The Platform Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help further our vision of making it effortless for SiriusXM technologists to build, deploy, and operate the software that drives our business. In this role, you will be responsible for developing reusable platform components, streamlining cloud infrastructure management, driving developer productivity across the organization, and working directly with internal development teams to help them be successful in adopting the platform.

As a senior member of the team, you will promote standardization and simplify cloud-native development by developing CDK libraries and Infrastructure-as-Code patterns that encapsulate SiriusXM’s infrastructure standards, while also providing expert guidance and assistance to internal developer teams. You will also build and enhance support tooling by incorporating AI solutions to enable more self-service capabilities, empowering developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues autonomously, ultimately improving overall developer productivity and experience.

• Write high-quality, maintainable code that enhances the platform's tooling and infrastructure.
• Perform code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and maintain code quality across the team.
• Author and review technical design documents to outline and refine the architectural direction and implementation details.
• Collaborate on the development and maintenance of shared components and libraries to standardize infrastructure creation and streamline development efforts.
• Collaborate with product managers to review user experience and product requirements, ensuring alignment with engineering goals.
• Contribute to the development and support of general developer tooling to enhance productivity.
• Provide architectural guidance and support to the teams building on the platform.
• Work with FinOps to manage and optimize the cost of platform engineering tools and services.
• Integrate AI-driven tooling into the platform to enhance efficiency, reliability, and scalability, leveraging AI to optimize infrastructure management, automated processes, and operational workflows.

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or related technical role (e.g. SRE, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer).
• Have played a major role in large software development projects in the cloud (preferably AWS).
• Fluency in at least two programming languages.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure with infrastructure as code (preferably CDK and CloudFormation).
• Experience building and maintaining modular, reusable software libraries or APIs.
• Strong understanding of software deployment pipelines (preferably via GitHub Actions) and software release management.
• Passion for improving developer experience and productivity.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
• Extra credit:

• Familiarity with using Datadog or other observability platforms.
• AWS professional or associate certifications.
• Experience with TypeScript and/or Python.

• Must have the 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 $100,800 to $170,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives.

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.