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Sirius

XM and its brands (Pandora, Sirius

XM Media, Ads Wizz, Simplecast, and Sirius

XM 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.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Planning team within Sirius

XM’s Ad Sales Product Engineering organization, you’ll define and drive the technical direction of our ad buying systems.

You’ll architect resilient, cloud‑native backend services that power large‑scale ad delivery and campaign planning tools across the Sirius

XM and Pandora ecosystem. Beyond building systems, you’ll shape engineering practices — leading modernization, scalability, and reliability initiatives that move our ad tech platforms forward.

• Lead the design and development of scalable, maintainable services that power ad buying and the complicated parts to it.
• Architect and evolve the Slingshot platform toward modern and cloud‑native paradigms.
• Drive end‑to‑end execution — from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Data Engineering, Dev Ops, and SRE to deliver high‑impact, integrated ad buying capabilities.
• Partner with data, UI, billing, and ad trafficking teams to optimize end‑to‑end ad buying workflows through intelligent automation.
• Champion observability, reliability, and operational excellence using Datadog, Grafana, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Mentor engineers across teams, fostering a culture of technical rigor, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Influence long‑term architecture and technology strategy, aligning with Sirius
  
  XM’s broader ad tech roadmap.

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a Staff or equivalent senior technical leadership role.
• Expertise in Python (Django, FastAPI, or similar frameworks) and backend architecture (e.g. microservices).
• Strong foundation in distributed systems and data pipelines, with hands‑on experience in Kafka, Celery, or Airflow.
• Experience with ad serving or delivery platforms (e.g., Google Ad Manager, Ads Wizz, Triton).
• Deep familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency with observability tools (Datadog, Sentry, Grafana) and CI/CD workflows.
• Demonstrated success leading cross‑team technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and influencing large‑scale architecture.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

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 $101,500 to $206,650 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short‑term and long‑term incentives.

We encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Our goal at Sirius

XM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. Sirius

XM 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.