Software Development Manager Alexa Audio Alexa Audio

Note: We are flexible on location for this role to be either in Bangalore or Chennai.

At Alexa Audio we own the audio experiences on Alexa enabled devices. These experiences include Music Podcast Audio Books Radio and Ambient soundscapes. Our integration skill kits enable seamless integration of 1P / 3P audio content providers (e.g. Amazon Music Spotify Apple etc. with Alexa devices. Audio is one of the most widely used experiences on Alexa and is enjoyed by millions of customers on a daily basis.

There is a universe of tens of millions of distinct audio content that is available across streaming services. Using your voice and timely proactive suggestions are the easiest ways to get to what you want. Alexa makes this magical for customers: ask any Alexaenabled device to play your favorite song podcast book or a station and Alexa will find the right content for you and play it. We also support being able to control and manage playback across multiple devices and movement of media playback across them. It is still Day 1 for the audio experiences and were looking for a leader to help us make it even better.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Manager in the Alexa Audio team you will lead a team building Alexa experiences using cloudbased technologies. Core responsibilities include providing engineering support across products and platforms conducting root cause analysis implementing code fixes and developing internal tools.
The ideal candidate must demonstrate experience leading software engineering teams and delivering multiple projects on schedule. This role directly impacts Alexa customer experiences through operational improvements and technical leadership. We invite candidates with experience in cloud technologies strong attention to detail and proven success leading crossfunctional teams to apply.

The role involves driving development projects to make the Alexa Audio experiences magical for customers and help them find the right content to play on the right devices with full contextual awareness and engaging customers with music podcast books radio and ambient soundscapes using Alexa.

A commitment to team work adaptability and strong communication skills (with both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. The role requires leaders with technical depth to guide the development process a clear vision to unlock future innovation and project management skills to ensure the right solution is delivered to customers. You must have the ability to pay attention to detail to deliver solutions that delight customers.

A day in the life
You will be acting as as the leader providing direction managing and own goals for the engineering team reporting to you. You will manage relationship with stakeholder both within Alexa Audio and with partner teams. You will be responsible for hiring career development and performance management.

About the team
As Alexa Audio we own the audio experiences on Alexa enabled devices. These experiences include Music Podcast Audio Books Radio and Ambient soundscapes. Our integration skill kits enable seamless integration of 1P / 3P audio content providers (e.g. Amazon Music Spotify Apple etc. with Alexa devices. Audio is one of the most widely used experiences on Alexa and is enjoyed by millions of customers on a daily basis.

7 years of engineering experience
3 years of engineering team management experience
8 years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
Experience in recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers

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