Audible
Director of Software Development
Audible, Newark, New Jersey, us, 07175
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 ROLEThis opportunity is for a Software Development Director for Audible’s Apps and Consumption Services team. We are embarking on a mission to reshape the fundamental experiences, delight our customers, and reshape how development is done across all surfaces and devices within Audible. It's our responsibility to push Audible into new places; wherever our customers are listening. Achieving this vision means expanding and strengthening Continuous Deployment across surfaces; new technologies like CarPlay, Watch, HomeKit, Common Encryption Standard media, and adaptive live streaming; as well as driving a strong engineering culture with processes like Chaos Engineering and A/B Testing.
ABOUT THE TEAMAudible customers spend most of their time with Audible in either the Library or Player components of our application across FireOS, Android, iOS, and Web. This cross-platform team is responsible for building an audio listening platform that will improve how millions of Audible members hear and interact with spoken word content. We are on a journey to build an audio listening platform designed and optimized for the spoken word over other forms of audio entertainment so that comprehension and emotional impact is maximized for the listener. We own the end-to-end audio listening experience which includes player clients for web, iOS & Android, content security & digital rights management, content delivery infrastructure, and processing/synchronization of listening data across devices at a massive scale.
If you are ready to become a part of a culture that celebrates innovation and independent thought and want to use your passion and creativity to improve the daily lives of listeners around the world, we have a place for you on our team – come join us.
As a Director of Software Development, you will...Own and lead full life cycle delivery of cross functional projects spanning teams across Audible and AmazonDrive development and operational excellence of our flagship solutionsCoach and mentor our high-performing engineers to help them grow their skills, enhance their knowledge of our systems and their ability to get things donePartner with cross-functional teams to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that wows our community and inspires our peersConstantly strive to raise the bar on delivery performance and quality in a fast agile environmentLead 1-2 Scrum teams
ABOUT AUDIBLEAudible 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.
Minimum Requirements:- 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams- 5+ years experience of software development and deployment of distributed multi-tier applications- Experience partnering with product OR program management teams- 3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers- 3+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems- 3+ years experience managing agile software projects across multiple and geographically distributed teams- 2+ years of experience in Mobile Application Development environment
#J-18808-Ljbffr
ABOUT THIS ROLEThis opportunity is for a Software Development Director for Audible’s Apps and Consumption Services team. We are embarking on a mission to reshape the fundamental experiences, delight our customers, and reshape how development is done across all surfaces and devices within Audible. It's our responsibility to push Audible into new places; wherever our customers are listening. Achieving this vision means expanding and strengthening Continuous Deployment across surfaces; new technologies like CarPlay, Watch, HomeKit, Common Encryption Standard media, and adaptive live streaming; as well as driving a strong engineering culture with processes like Chaos Engineering and A/B Testing.
ABOUT THE TEAMAudible customers spend most of their time with Audible in either the Library or Player components of our application across FireOS, Android, iOS, and Web. This cross-platform team is responsible for building an audio listening platform that will improve how millions of Audible members hear and interact with spoken word content. We are on a journey to build an audio listening platform designed and optimized for the spoken word over other forms of audio entertainment so that comprehension and emotional impact is maximized for the listener. We own the end-to-end audio listening experience which includes player clients for web, iOS & Android, content security & digital rights management, content delivery infrastructure, and processing/synchronization of listening data across devices at a massive scale.
If you are ready to become a part of a culture that celebrates innovation and independent thought and want to use your passion and creativity to improve the daily lives of listeners around the world, we have a place for you on our team – come join us.
As a Director of Software Development, you will...Own and lead full life cycle delivery of cross functional projects spanning teams across Audible and AmazonDrive development and operational excellence of our flagship solutionsCoach and mentor our high-performing engineers to help them grow their skills, enhance their knowledge of our systems and their ability to get things donePartner with cross-functional teams to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that wows our community and inspires our peersConstantly strive to raise the bar on delivery performance and quality in a fast agile environmentLead 1-2 Scrum teams
ABOUT AUDIBLEAudible 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.
Minimum Requirements:- 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams- 5+ years experience of software development and deployment of distributed multi-tier applications- Experience partnering with product OR program management teams- 3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers- 3+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems- 3+ years experience managing agile software projects across multiple and geographically distributed teams- 2+ years of experience in Mobile Application Development environment
#J-18808-Ljbffr