Lead Software Development Engineer, Audible Creator Team

About the role

This opportunity is for a Lead Software Development Engineer for Audible’s Creator Team. Our teams build innovative tools to automate the entire content production pipeline that lets the experts focus on creation while helping them bring their art to millions of listeners. We are customer obsessed and the tools we build are intuitive and easy to use, ensuring that technology aids creativity to provide a best-in-class experience to listeners. By focusing on our creators, we also create value for Audible’s global consumers by helping them discover new content, talent, and stories they love and share.

About You

You’re an innovative and passionate top software engineer looking to make a positive impact on customer experience. You like to own deliverables end-to-end and have a meaningful influence on the final product. You are a builder who enjoys working with fellow engineers and product people to share knowledge, imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that wows our community and inspires our peers. You're curious and love to learn unprompted, staying up to date with tools, trends, technologies, and best practices in the industry. You have an interest in Web Applications, Services Design & Architecture, SEO, Security, SNS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, REST services, and JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Champion an AI-first development approach to multiply developer productivity and drive adoption of AI-assisted practices across the organization
• Determine the strategy and where to simplify or extend solutions for the best outcome, drive the use of best practices, and learn to influence and force-multiply
• 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
• Collaborate with stakeholders to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch scalable and maintainable software that impacts our customers and inspires your peers
• Independently clarify technical requirements, assess development estimates, and apply a broad range of design approaches
• Drive continuous improvement of software quality, customer experience, and maintainability of products/features
• Stay on top of technology trends, tools, and approaches

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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.

Pay

USA, CA, Culver City - $168,100.00 - $227,400.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off and parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.