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
Excited by High Scale Distributed Systems and Personalization? Interested in working on complex problems and high impact projects? Whether recommending content, improving search results, or anticipating what the customer is about to do, Personalization is all about making the product experience unique, relevant and valuable to the customer.
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. You'll be essential in ensuring the team can reach their potential; working closely with them, reviewing their work, mentoring, and supporting them to develop. Together, you'll build and maintain our platform to bring thousands of stories to millions of listeners and unleash the power of the human voice.
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ABOUT YOU
You have a background in developing large scale systems, interest in personalization, intense curiosity, excellent analytical abilities. You should be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, and be able to think big while also paying careful attention to details.
Engineers will work closely with both business teams and development teams to understand requirements, design and develop the technical solution and collect feedback from customers. If you are looking for your next big challenge and career move, come talk to us.
As a Software Development Engineer, you will...
- Design, develop, and test software components and applications for a leading global provider of audiobooks
- Contribute to an agile engineering team, writing scalable and maintainable code and influencing team decisions
- Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to envision, design, develop, test, and launch impactful software that inspires both customers and peers
- Utilize technology to solve complex problems
- Translate designs into high-quality code, delivering on schedule
- Demonstrate proficiency in diverse data structures and algorithms, making informed decisions on their appropriate usage
- Independently clarify technical requirements, estimate development timelines, and apply effective design approaches
- Conduct code reviews, offering constructive guidance to fellow team members
- Drive continuous improvement in software quality, customer experience, and product maintainability
- Mentor and lead developers, fostering curiosity and deep technical understanding
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. Our Hub+Home hybrid workplace model gives employees the flexibility between gathering in a common office space (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Newark, NJ, USA
Basic Qualifications
- Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Experience writing clear, maintainable and extensible code
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 4+ years industry experience in software development
- Experience programming with Java or similar OO language
- Development in object-oriented design, big data and large scale distributed systems
- Experience building complex large scale software systems servicing millions of users
- Experience working with AWS, NoSQL, streaming/lambda architectures (Apache Spark, Storm, Kafka)
- Interest in the field of personalization
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate highly complex and ambiguous situations
- Experience building and delivering software systems to internal or external customers
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, enabling effective messaging with both technical and non-technical audiences
- A high-quality bar: documentation, unit testing, code reviews, test automation, continuous integration & deployment
- Enthusiasm for instilling this attitude in others
- Adaptable, enterprising, and willing to take ownership
- Able to make improvements to the team's development and testing processes
- Able to establish good working relationships with peers
- Able to recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialogue to resolve them
- Able to mentor teammates on team software, team culture, and customer obsession
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