Sr Engineer - Software Development (Python)

The DTS AutoStage team at Xperi develops DTS Connected Radio—a global API serving the automotive industry. They build and operate advanced radio, audio, video, and multimedia services that power next generation in-vehicle experiences.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6–8+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent).
• 4+ years of experience building production systems in Python.
• Experience handling PII and working with relevant data privacy and protection regulations, including GDPR and CCPA.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and microservices architectures.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes.
• Fluency in English.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Golang and/or Java.
• Experience designing or operating ETL workflows and big data pipelines.
• Experience in the broadcast radio or audio metadata domain.
• Frontend development experience (e.g., React, TypeScript).
• Familiarity with CI/CD automation, performance optimization, and resilience engineering.

• Design, build, enhance, and maintain highly available API endpoints and internal data services.
• Develop tooling and services that improve system efficiency, scalability, and performance.
• Design and implement complex data pipelines and API flows for real-time service delivery.
• Shape components of the team’s service architecture and internal engineering tooling.
• Host and contribute to design and code reviews, ensuring high engineering standards.
• Maintain and contribute to shared engineering documentation (design docs, ADRs, runbooks).
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to translate product and technical requirements into schedulable, actionable deliverables.
• Provide informal mentoring and technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers.
• Work closely with security and data governance partners to ensure compliance with data protection requirements.