Engineer - Software Development

Xperi invents, develops and delivers technologies that create extraordinary experiences at home and on the go for millions of people around the world. Powering billions of consumer electronics, connected cars and digital content titles, we make entertainment more immersive, driving more intelligent and every interaction seamlessly personalized through our renowned consumer brands: DTS, HD Radio™ and TiVo®.    Xperi (NYSE: XPER) is a publicly traded technology company headquartered in San Jose, CA with over 2,000 employees across North America, Europe and Asia. Come join a thriving team where you can play an integral role in shaping the future of entertainment technology.  About the role: Join a team that is dedicated to creating world-class development and deployment environments that are highly scalable and resilient. As Senior Software Engineer, TiVo, you’ll play a truly rewarding part in delivering our Personalized Content Discovery (PCD) platform, an industry-leading Saas offering. Enjoy the opportunity to draw on your passion for problem-solving and simplifying tasks, as well as your technical skill set to make important contributions to the platform. You’ll collaborate daily in an agile development environment with an extended team of experienced engineers. The PCD platform is central to the expanding TiVo Stream 4K product and powering several other video search and recommendations experiences for our partners around the world. The Senior Software Engineer is a key role in TiVo’s growing and dynamic Discovery organization. The PCD team handles the challenges of creating scalable search frameworks and machine-learning models for our customers. This technical role is focused on developing and deploying cloud-based offerings using a wide range of tools and frameworks, automating operational tasks, improving personalization modeling and success, and working with development and operational teams to solve complex problems. Basic understanding of AI concepts or interest in AI tools and technologies. We’re looking for individuals who are curious about AI, eager to learn, and aim to integrate it into their work in alignment with organizational policies. What you will get to do:

• Drive technical and architectural excellence across PCD offerings
• Imagine, design and develop new features for our search and recommendations platform
• Utilize and promote sound development practices (requirements gathering, design reviews, code reviews, retrospective meetings, etc.)
• Adhere to core design and testing principles set by team and group leadership
• Identify and automate repetitive operational tasks at all stages of the software lifecycle
• Build tools and systems to increase operational transparency and monitoring of SaaS products across Xperi

Who we are looking for:

Must have:

• Strong expertise in Java and OO design
• Experience designing and developing large software systems
• Experience with JSON and REST

Nice to have:

• Stream processing (Kafka Streams)
• NoSQL databases, key-stores and other data-structure solutions (i.e., Dynamo, Cassandra, MongoDB)
• Continuous Integration platforms (Jenkins)
• Offline data processing (PySpark, Airflow)
• Virtualization and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, ELK)
• Virtual application and web servers (Apache, NGINX)
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS)

What will make you successful:

• The ability to propose, design and develop solutions that scale
• Keen troubleshooting skills and practiced agile development methodology
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Expert problem-solving skills 

Life @ Xperi:      

At Xperi, we value People, Customers, Performance and Innovation. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where all employees have a voice and sense of belonging, feel safe and valued, and are acknowledged for how their unique differences contribute to organizational culture and business outcomes.      Our employees and their families are important to us, and our comprehensive pay, stock and benefits programs reflect that. Xperi supports personal well-being, builds financial security and enables employees to share in our collective success.      Rewards include:      

• Competitive compensation (salary, equity and bonuses) and comprehensive benefits designed to foster work-life balance, care for your health, protect your finances and help you save and invest for the future.
• Generous paid time away from work, including flexible time off, holidays and sick time, health and wellness initiatives, and a charitable match program to help you give back to your community.
• Great perks, which vary by location and can be site-specific: employee discounts, transportation reimbursements, subsidized cafes and fitness facilities.
• A flexible, hybrid work environment combining the best of in-office collaboration and community-building along with the benefits of working from home.