Offers “Amazon”

Expires soon Amazon

Software Development Engineer

  • New York, United States
  • Design / Civil engineering / Industrial engineering

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Come join a revolution in digital entertainment. Audible, Inc. is a media company that provides a daily spoken-word entertainment service to millions of listeners around the world. We're growing and innovating at an unprecedented scale and hiring bright, Android software development engineers to build with us.

Your role will require effective partnership with multi-functional teams to integrate new features, maintain high performance standards, and craft intuitive interfaces. Our recent innovations include a short-form listening service, Channels (currently in Beta), Audible/Kindle synchronization using Whispersync for Voice, and our content production marketplace, ACX. You may also implement our services with first-to-market Amazon products like Echo, Alexa, and Kindle Fire.

Audible offers the world's largest catalogue of audiobooks and is quickly becoming the premier destination for short-form audio: news, comedy, original shows, and more. We are collaborative and nimble. We produce original and award-winning content in addition to our unmatched selection of downloadable titles. You will help continue to expand the listening experience and create life-changing technologies on behalf of customers.

This Role:
· Work on a small engineering team that is responsible for the design and development of the platform which supports different Android Applications across Audible.
· Ownership over software, which includes extensions across concept, design, execution, and support services with a high standards of operational excellence.
· Build innovations like Channels (currently in Beta) and Whispersync for Voice from the ground up
· Partner with product management to collect data, test, and launch software that wows our community and inspires your peers with proven results.
· Explore and self-teach, bringing questions and solutions to the table.
· Stay ahead of trends, technologies and the most standard methodologies both industry-wide and within Amazon, sharing your knowledge in a meaningful way that impacts the group.
· Employ evidence-based techniques and working-backwards vision for positive social impact.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Understanding of enterprise level frameworks (AWS, Spring, etc.) and how to designing for performance, scalability, and availability
· Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
· Exceptional problem solving skills; adaptable, enthusiastic and willing to take ownership
· Strong communication skills and ability to prioritize and work across multiple engineering teams

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