Director, Software Engineering

Responsibilities

Who We Are :

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) 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 :

In this role as Director of Software Engineering on the Native Client Engineering team, you will lead the team of software engineers who build and maintain our browse, search and discovery features of the SiriusXM app on Apple and Android platforms.

You will work closely with the larger Native Client Engineering team to establish the best practices that drive our apps, lead aspects of the design and development of new features for our millions of listeners and provide guidance to the team in creating best in class media applications.

Additionally, you will closely collaborate with product management and design teams, engineering teams, business stakeholders and customers to ensure the best implementations and designs.

What you'll do :

• 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 our team members.
• Ensure high consumer satisfaction through the development and operation of large-scale, high-reliability services.
• Collaborate with partners on our product and design teams throughout the SDLC phases including discovery, execution and delivery.
• 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 closely with your peers and 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.
• 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.
• 5+ years managing software engineering teams in a technical organization.
• 10+ years of native iOS and / or Android development experience.
• Experience and proven track record of delivering and maintaining software at scale to millions of active users.
• Experience with Kotlin and latest Android features and technologies (Coroutines, flows and channels, Jetpack libraries) and / or Swift and latest Apple features and technologies (SwiftUI, Combine, async / await, SPM).
• Experience architecting cross functional solutions across mobile and backend teams.
• Experience with Agile software development.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Experience with Software tools such as GitHub, Jira, Xcode and / or Android Studio
• Experience leading teams that build streaming media (audio or video) 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.
• Has successfully managed relationships with device / OS vendor partners like Apple, Google and Amazon.
• Be obsessed with the performance of software.
• Must have 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 $153,500 to $260,000 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 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.