Software Development Engineer, Playback Team

Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling, sparking listeners' imaginations with immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight. We work with some of the world's leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with millions of global listeners.

About The Team

The Player team at Audible owns the core playback logic and services, including players, content delivery, security, listening data, metrics and insights, and a unified SDK. This team focuses on optimizing playback quality, performance, and customer experience across platforms, using automated tools for monitoring and analysis. The Playback team also drives Audible's efforts to advance the state of internet audio through faculty collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test software components and applications for a leading global provider of audiobooks.
• Collaborate on an agile engineering team, writing scalable and maintainable code and influencing team decisions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to envision, design, develop, test, and launch customer-centric software solutions.
• Utilize technology to tackle challenging problems and deliver high-quality code on schedule.
• Demonstrate proficiency in a wide range of data structures and algorithms, applying them effectively.
• Independently clarify technical requirements, assess development estimates, and employ diverse design approaches.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Foster continuous improvement in software quality, customer experience, and product maintainability.
• Mentor and lead developers, fostering curiosity and deep technical understanding.

Requirements

• 18 years of age or older.
• Experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
• Experience with at least one general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience from a technical internship.
• Experience in optimization mathematics such as linear programming and nonlinear optimization.
• Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
• Work 40 hours/week, and overtime as required.
• Experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), database systems (SQL and NoSQL), AI tools for development productivity, contributing to open-source projects, and/or version control systems.
• Experience delivering large, cross-functional, customer-facing products.

Pay

USA, MA, Cambridge - $110,500.00 - $160,000 USD annually.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for 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.

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