Lead Software Development Engineer, Playback Team

At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a Lead Software Development Engineer, it’s up to you to define, design and refine the tech that keeps us one step ahead of listeners. Anticipate. Innovate. Bring challenging ideas and we’ll support you with the latest tech, tools and systems that you need to succeed. You’ll drive the team forward, guiding them over every obstacle and leading the way to develop exciting, original and effective solutions. Leading the way, you’ll bring our team together to build and maintain our platform to bring thousands of stories to millions of listeners and unleash the power of the human voice.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Audible’s Playback team owns the core playback logic end-to-end. All our services, systems and players are invoked each time customers click play (or download a title) to enjoy the best playback experience. Specifically, Playback org owns 1) Core playback logic on players such as Android, iOS and Web, 2) Playback services related to content delivery infrastructure, security & digital rights management, and 3) Playback metrics, insights and platform, obsessing over the core playback metrics and trends that represent the health of Audible Playback and delivery. Achieving this vision means continuously innovating, enhancing the tools and strengthening our development process, how we work and leveraging new technologies to deliver services. We need your help to develop and deliver on this global vision.

ABOUT YOU
You’re in your element when you’re being challenged, and you’re always eager to share your ideas, take on responsibility and keep developing at an exciting pace. We look for people who show initiative, set their standards high and see every failure as an opportunity to learn. You’re looking for an environment where you can thrive and help your team reach their potential. With opportunities to challenge yourself and lead a talented team to success, you’ll find what you’re looking for at Audible.

You're a problem solver. A fast-paced environment fuels your creativity – not to mention your team who inspire you. You're always happy to press pause, take off your headphones and connect with a colleague. Through plenty of practice, you've mastered how to translate even the most complex ideas in a simple and digestible way. While you've dabbled in a few programming languages, your expertise is with C++ , Java, or Kotlin. You're adaptable, enterprising, and ready to take ownership of your next project.

As a Lead Software Development Engineer, you will...
- Independently lead complex technical initiatives within your team
- Mentor and lead developers by cultivating curiosity and deep technical understanding
- Explore technical needs and bring solutions to the table
- Set the technical strategy for your team

ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in developing technical strategy, and architecting web and APIs
- Prior experience in full stack development and RESTful service architecture
- 5+ years experience of software development and deployment of distributed multi-tier applications
- Experience with React, HTTP/2, serverless, containers, microservices, CI/CD, and cross-platform development
- Experience with AWS technologies at scale in a production environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Proven success in mentoring tech leads and engineers
- History of delivering customer-driven software products at a high scale in a fast paced, technology first, rapid-growth company
- Prior success as a strategic influencer on the direction of product design and development
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively across teams & multiple division stakeholders
- Experience with machine learning and related engineering skill sets
- Full stack proficiency (e.g., Java, NoSQL, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, node.js)
- Experience with Native Android, iOS, Streaming technologies.
- Experience with ML/AL as relates to streaming
- Experience taking a lead role delivering complex software systems to internal or external customers
- Competency at delegating work in parallel to accelerate delivery
- Enthusiasm for promoting high-quality standard in others across: documentation, unit testing, code reviews, test automation, continuous integration and deployment

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