Software Development Manager, P13N

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.

This opportunity is for a Software Development Manager who will manage and grow an engineering team for Audible’s Personalization (P13n) group. 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.

Joining our team provides the unique challenge and opportunity to deliver software that benefits many customers around the world. The P13n team’s goal is to assist customers discover their next great listen by personalizing every interaction they have with Audible content. Our mission is to help existing and potential customers in the discovery of Audible’s Content by surfacing contextually relevant, time‑sensitive, individualized, diverse and fresh recommendations throughout their journey on all surfaces and marketplaces.

The team powers a suite of systems which are built using cutting‑edge technologies and products from AWS. As a Software Development Manager, you will…

• Lead the delivery of large cross-functional projects, spanning teams and divisions within Audible and Amazon
• Collaborate to define core business objectives, ensuring efficient utilization of company resources for the best product, program, or project outcomes
• Manage multiple projects from concept to launch, working with cross-functional teams including technology, business, and operations, even when faced with conflicting priorities
• Contribute to the definition of technical architectures
• Demonstrate technical expertise, attention to detail, and proactivity in identifying and resolving issues
• Maintain consistent and transparent communication of project risks, progress, launches, and retrospectives to all stakeholders and teams
• Continuously strive to improve project execution performance, setting new benchmarks using objective metrics
• Actively mentor and develop junior team members, enhancing their skills, knowledge of our systems, and ability to achieve results

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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other related discipline
• Experience leading software development teams
• 5+ years experience of software development and deployment of distributed multi‑tier applications
• 3+ years experience managing agile software projects across multiple teams

• Experience with Personalization technology
• Experience in a variety of technologies and platforms such as Java/J2EE
• Experience implementing solutions leveraging AWS capabilities
• Experience leveraging machine learning models to deliver insights and enrich customer experiences
• Be able to thrive in an ambiguous environment where change is the only constant
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and an out‑of‑the‑box thinker
• Self‑starter with the ability to multi‑task…