Sr Engineer - Backend Developer

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.  We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Iaisi, Romania. The role:   TiVo Service Engineering is constantly seeking ways to make the TiVo service more scalable, more robust, and easier to deploy.  This powers a great experience for our customers as well as for the many television service providers worldwide who incorporate TiVo’s unique offerings.  This role will participate in the design and development of significant new service platform components that will help TiVo navigate a future where sophisticated service infrastructure becomes ever-more-crucial to business success.  What you will do:

• Develop fundamental changes to TiVo’s service infrastructure for greater ease, performance, and scale
• Work with other service development teams to understand their integration, monitoring, and operational needs, and help develop common strategies to meet those needs
• Advance best engineering practices with the team through participation in design, documentation, and code reviews

 Here is what you'll need to be successful:

• At least 5 years of experience developing large-scale, high-performance server infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of high-level programming and scripting languages in Java, bash, or python
• Experience with server virtualization
• Experience with databases
• Experience with operational aspects of service implementation, e.g. service monitoring, operational readiness, and deployment scripts
• Experience with containers (e.g. Docker) and micro-service architectures
• Proven track record in working cross-functionally to drive projects to production deployment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience required

 Here is what would be a plus:

• Experience with AWS or similar cloud-based services suite
• Experience with Golang, Kubernetes, and Serverless  
• Experience with log-streaming technologies such as Kafka
• Experience Terraform
• Experience with common OS/platform software packages for servers, such as CoreOS

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.