Principal Engineer, Machine Learning

Company: Sirius XM
Location: Hartford
Posted on: September 25, 2022

Job Description:

Overview:
Who We Are: SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora,Stitcher, SXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM ConnectedVehicle 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.

Responsibilities:
Who We Are:SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, Stitcher, SXM 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 Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM 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:This position will be responsible for driving our Machine Learning initiatives within our Science organization, and tasked with being a Lead for our Applied Science and Software Engineering team members.What you'll do: Drive data and ML driven solutions for diverse engineering use cases, including but not limited to recommendationsPromote and develop engineering best practices, guidelines, procedures and repeatable, agile and scalable frameworksArchitect and build end-to-end ML workflows to drive data driven decisionsPartner with architects, product owners, data teams, and software & machine learning engineers to drive the implementation of new personalization and recommendation applicationsBe a ML thought partner to our stakeholdersEnsure the reliability of machine learning models, products, and services in a highly-scaled production environmentDrive and maintain a culture of quality, innovation and experimentationWhat you'll need:10 or more years of software experience, with 4 or more years of relevant ML experienceDeep professional and technical expertise in designing, implementing, testing, and validating products leveraging machine learning techniquesExcellent problem-solving skills and ability to dive into evaluation metrics, model architecture, code, test plans, project plans, deployments and operationsFamiliarity with Python development ecosystem and technologies like Databricks, S3, SparkExperience with big data and scalable machine learning solutionsExpertise with ML pipelines, algorithms, statistical methods, and analytics to solve real-world engineering problemsExperience enabling service teams to globally scale, preferably by leveraging AWS or similar cloud servicesComfortable operating at all levels of the predictive stack and user behavior modeling including data collection, feature engineering, batch training and low-latency online servingStrong mathematical skills with knowledge of statistical methodsFamiliarity with Python development ecosystem and technologies like Databricks, S3, SparkExperience with graph-based data workflows such as Apache Airflow, MesonExcellent communication and people engagement skillsDrive and maintain a culture of quality, innovation and experimentationMentor colleagues on best practices and technical concepts of building large scale solutionsMust 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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