Sr Engineer - Software Development (Python)

Our Team

The DTS AutoStage team, part of Xperi, develops DTS Connected Radio—a global API serving the automotive industry. Our work delivers advanced radio, audio, video and multimedia services to vehicles worldwide.

Job Purpose

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance our core service APIs and related systems. Built on a modern, event‑driven microservices architecture and deployed via Google Cloud, our services utilize Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub, and robust CI/CD tools. This role involves close collaboration with the core API development, API client, and data analytics teams within an adapted Agile/Scrum framework.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, enhance, and maintain API endpoints and internal data services.
• Develop tools and services that improve efficiency, scalability, and performance.
• Design and implement complex data pipelines and API endpoints for real‑time service delivery.
• Shape components of the service architecture and tooling used across the team.
• Host design and code reviews to ensure engineering best practices are followed.
• Contribute to shared documentation including design documents, runbooks, and architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with team members to translate requirements into schedulable technical deliverables.
• Provide informal mentoring to junior and mid‑level engineers as part of normal team operations.
• Maintain shared engineering documentation to support team‑wide knowledge and continuity.
• Participate in defining and maintaining engineering best practices within the team.
• Work closely with security and data governance partners to ensure compliance with data protection requirements.

What We’re Looking For

• Highly skilled in Python, databases, and cloud‑based microservices.
• Experience with Golang and/or Java, big data engines and ETL workflows.
• Solid background in cloud and microservice architectures; full‑stack development experience is preferred.
• Proactive problem solver who takes initiative, works with cross‑disciplinary teams, demonstrates clear communication of technical choices and tradeoffs, participates in design discussions, and is willing to learn new technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6–8 years of software engineering experience, including at least 4 years working with Python in production environments.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS), microservices architectures; knowledge of Kubernetes required.
• Experience handling PII and working with relevant data privacy and protection regulations, including GDPR and CCPA.
• Proficiency in Python; experience with Golang and/or Java is advantageous.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience with AI‑assisted code development and/or developing AI‑based features.

Characteristics

• Thrives in fast‑paced, results‑driven environment as a leader in service design and development.
• Makes decisions based on data.
• Drives projects to successful completion.
• Demonstrates high attention to detail.
• Shows excellent organisational, communication, and presentation skills.
• Adapts quickly between different components of the architecture.
• Works effectively in cross‑disciplinary project teams and delivers results.
• Writes clear, maintainable code.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (salary, equity, and bonuses) and comprehensive benefits designed to foster work‑life balance, health care, financial security, and savings.
• Generous paid time off, flexible time off, holidays, sick time, health and wellness initiatives, charitable match program.
• Great perks varying by location: employee discounts, transportation reimbursements, cafeterias, fitness facilities.
• Flexible hybrid work environment combining in‑office collaboration and remote work.