Staff Software Engineer

About SiriusXM

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.

We are proud to have launched a new state-of-the-art technology facility in Dublin, Ireland. The Dublin-based team plays a critical role in our continued digital transformation and will function as a center of excellence for SiriusXM’s global Product and Technology organization.

SiriusXM’s new Dublin facility will comprise a workforce primarily focused on software development, automotive technology and engineering, AdTech, data science, and analytics. Talent based in the new technology hub will be charged with developing and implementing best-in-class standards for high-quality, scalable software deliveries for SiriusXM’s streaming and in-vehicle audio entertainment platforms.

How You’ll Make An Impact

SiriusXM’s Services and Platform Engineering organization is growing in Dublin! We’re hiring software engineers at almost all levels to join a variety of teams across almost all of our domains–content and playback services, commerce, identity, vehicle and device services. Our engineers are building the next generation of production services that power SiriusXM and Pandora, serving tens of millions of listeners across North America.

Whether it’s delivering high-throughput services, designing fault-tolerant systems, or accelerating internal developer productivity, our teams are tackling impactful technical challenges across the company. You’ll contribute to these efforts while helping to shape the future of our architecture, development practices, and engineering culture.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and designers.
• Build scalable, performant, and resilient backend systems that support critical business needs.
• Participate in system design and architecture reviews to influence technical direction.
• Drive software quality through code reviews, testing, and continuous integration.
• Contribute to a positive and inclusive engineering culture through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and leadership at your level.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues in production environments.
• Author and review technical design documents, RFCs, and root cause analyses.
• Continuously learn and grow in your engineering craft and domain knowledge.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure swift resolution of any production outages involving your systems.

What You’ll Need

• BS Software Engineering or equivalent experience required.
• 7+ years of professional experience.
• Expert-level fluency in at least one programming language and strong system design skills.
• Experience leading the design, development, and operation of complex distributed systems in a modern cloud provider.
• Deep knowledge of REST API design, scalability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end and mentor junior engineers.
• Significant experience with production infrastructure, observability, and incident management.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across disciplines and teams.
• Clear understanding of engineering best practices and architectural principles.

Nice to Have

• Deep familiarity with AWS cloud services across compute, storage, and serverless.
• Experience defining and evolving team-wide coding standards and operational practices.
• Expertise in Scala and/or functional programming patterns.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

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.

Key skills/competency

• Staff Software Engineer
• Backend Systems
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Computing
• System Design
• REST API
• Scalability
• Fault Tolerance
• Performance Optimization
• Mentorship