Role/Job Title: Sr. Staff Engineer (Lead)Work Location: Ireland (On site)
The RoleMedia Client Services and Platform Engineering organizations are 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.Your Responsibilities(Up to 10, Avoid repetition) Design and build high-performance, stable, scalable systems that will be deployed in an enterprise setting
Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions
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 systemsYour ProfileEssential Skills / Knowledge / Experience(Up to 10, Avoid repetition) 10+ years of professional experience
Strong understanding of engineering software processes, lifecycle methodology, configuration management, release management, and system verification and testing
Ability to work independently and oversee entire projects or significant parts, focusing on completing tasks on time
Recognized technical authority with the ability to influence system architecture across teams or domains
Ability to lead the development team
Track record of delivering high-impact projects with significant architectural ownership
Mastery of multiple languages and paradigms; able to guide complex trade-offs and technical decisions
Extensive experience scaling systems to handle high throughput and low latency
Strong ability to mentor, elevate peers, and lead cross-team technical initiatives
Proven experience driving quality, reliability, and operational excellence at scale
Strategic thinking with the ability to align technical direction with company goals
Thought leadership in areas like distributed systems, functional programming, or cloud-native architectureDesirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience*(As applicable)* 10+ years of professional experience in below
Primary Scala, Java, AWS
Secondary Golang, Tibco, Python