Software Development Engineer, Android

Description

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 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. We pride ourselves on our ability to imagine and invent solutions to problems of the future.

You'll be essential in this forward-thinking approach to development. Together with the team, you'll 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

This opportunity is as a Software Development Engineer within the Audible Android group. The team is building customer facing UI for Audible Android application. We need your help to develop and deliver on this vision. Success means we lay the foundation for continued expansion of our company without disrupting an already tremendously successful and much-loved project.

ABOUT YOU

If you're a dedicated problem solver, this is the role for you. Identifying and overcoming challenges is at the heart of everything you do; whether it's looking ahead to our listeners problems, or analyzing every inefficiency, you thrive when you strive for perfection. We look for people who take responsibility, who feel the pride in a job well done and see every failure as an opportunity to learn.

With a knowledgeable team around you, and opportunities to challenge yourself, it's a perfect environment to develop and apply your new skills.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will...

* Own and be responsible for key components within the team

* Design, develop, implement and support Key Components using latest technology that will influence teams beyond Audible

* Work with Product Management and take the lead to help create, design and develop software that involves exploring and bringing out the latest technology on the platform to make the listening experience better and easier for our users

* Take every opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture and implementation of cutting edge mobile based products

* Provide technical direction and strategy to the team, drive the system architecture, spearhead the best practices and influence peer teams with brown-bag sessions and hackathons

* Stay up to date on the latest trends & technologies industry-wide and sharing that knowledge with the internal community

* Be committed to teamwork, hustle and strong communication skills (both to business and technical peers)

* Thrive in delivering high-quality technology mobile products in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities

* Demonstrate your experience in problem-solving in ambiguous situations

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

* 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

* 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

* Experience programming with at least one software programming language

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science

* Server-side development experience, preferably in Java/Spring

* Experience in multiple AWS services

Preferred…