Who We Are:
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.
SiriusXM 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.
How you’ll make an impact:
SiriusXM is rapidly expanding its services to drive further engagement of consumers via smartphones, tablets, PCs, and connected devices, while continuing to maintain and grow its adoption in connected cars. This position is a senior leader for the Client Software Engineering team, which is responsible for delivering SiriusXM, and Pandora Rust applications across the our device ecosystem. In this position, you will work closely with your engineering peers to deliver work aligned to company goals and roadmaps. This role will report to the VP of Client Software Engineering.
What you’ll do:
Own the Rust application development technologies and toolchains used to power SiriusXM and Pandora Rust-based applications.
Empower Developers: Boost developer autonomy, efficiency, and ability to contribute to parallelized work for each repo, application, or library within our scope. We want to encourage a culture of working smarter, not harder.
Ensure a Great User Experience: Strive for a smooth, efficient, and delightful end user experience. Pro-actively protect end users from experiencing errors, degradations, and performance problems.
Lead and grow an efficient and high performing diverse software development organization with a culture of agile development focused on developing best-in-class media entertainment experiences.
Develop and foster an inclusive culture for all of our team members.
Ensure high consumer satisfaction through the development and operation of a highly performant and reliable web technologies on large-scale websites.
Manage external vendors and partners involved in the any 3rd party integrations or dependencies.
Attract and retain the high-caliber Software Engineering talent needed to deliver against.
SiriusXM’s Product Roadmap through high-performance, on-time and on-budget development programs.
Work with the leaders on your team to ensure technical best practices are constantly developed and enforced.
Work closely with your partners in operations and project management to ensure our SDLC is followed and constantly being improved.
Drive a culture of innovation and be an agent of change.
Cultivate a culture that rewards aggressive pursuit of innovative solutions to problems.
Be responsive to the business in proposing and developing new products and services.
Identify opportunities to create new products and services that meet current and prospective market opportunities.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
This role will manage a geographically dispersed team.
What you’ll need:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent experience, in lieu of degree.
10+ years of experience, including 5+ years managing software engineering teams in a technical organization.
Experience and proven track record of delivering and maintaining software at scale to millions of active users.
Expertise leading teams that build client applications at scale.
Proven ability to recruit and retain world-class engineers.
Excellent managerial skills and interpersonal skills; effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering, ability to interact and work with staff at all levels.
Strong understanding of engineering software processes, lifecycle methodology, configuration management, release management, and system verification and testing.
Technical expertise in the following areas:
Rust client application development.
Experience troubleshooting issues with caching infrastructure and CDNs from the client-side perspective.
Client-based Audio and Video advertising standards.
Media security (encryption, DRM, route protection, etc.).
Software tools: GitHub, Jenkins, Jira.
Be obsessed with the performance of software and developer excellence.
Must have legal right to work in the U.S.
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.
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