Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

How you'll make an impact

The Platform Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help further our vision of making it effortless for Sirius

XM technologists to build, deploy, and operate the software that drives our business. In this role, you will develop reusable platform components, streamline cloud infrastructure management, drive developer productivity across the organization, and work directly with internal development teams to help them successfully adopt 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 Sirius

XM'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 Fin Ops 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, Dev Ops Engineer, Cloud Engineer).
• Significant experience 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 Cloud Formation.
• Experience building and maintaining modular, reusable software libraries or APIs.
• Strong understanding of software deployment pipelines, preferably via Git Hub Actions, and software release management.
• Passion for improving developer experience and productivity.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
• Must have the legal right to work in the U.S.
• Extra credit (not required):
  • Familiarity with using Datadog or other observability platforms.
  • AWS professional or associate certifications.
  • Experience with Type Script and/or Python.

At Sirius

XM, 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.

Sirius

XM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, alienage, or citizenship status, age, disability, 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 at its sole discretion without notice.