Senior Software Engineer, Audible AI Voice Production
Cambridge, MA - USA
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Job Summary
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a Senior Software Engineer its up to you to research define design and refine the tech that keeps us one step ahead of listeners. Anticipate. Innovate. Bring challenging ideas and well support you with the latest tech tools and systems that you need to succeed. Youll be essential in ensuring the team can reach their potential; working closely with them reviewing their work mentoring and supporting them to develop. Together youll build and maintain our platform to bring thousands of stories to millions of listeners and unleash the power of the human voice.
ABOUT YOU
You are a curious innovative and entrepreneurial software engineer who loves to tinker and stay on top of tools trends technologies and best practices. You equally enjoy working on fast-paced projects that require doing a little bit of homework. You embrace ambiguity and arent afraid of changing directions if something isnt working out. You love challenges and dont give up easily. You celebrate failure learn and move on. You are hungry to learn more about how Audible operates across cross-functional teams outside of engineering. You enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others to grow whether giving tech talks and/or writing technical articles and documentation. Others often come to you for ideas or technical guidance.
You feel pride in every step forward however big or small; to you each challenge represents a well-executed venture to support our listeners. If youre looking to build on your skills and grow into a leader this is your next step. We look for people who take responsibility set their standards high and see every failure as an opportunity to learn. Youre looking for an environment where you can thrive. With opportunities to challenge yourself and a talented team by your side youll find what youre looking for at Audible.
As a Senior Software Engineer you will...
- Independently lead complex technical initiatives within your team
- Mentor and lead developers by cultivating curiosity and deep technical understanding
- Explore technical needs and bring solutions to the table
- Set the technical strategy for your team
- Collaborate with stakeholders to imagine design develop test and launch scalable and maintainable software that impacts our customers and inspires your peers
- Independently clarify technical requirements assessing development estimates and apply a broad range of design approaches
- Drive continuous improvement of software quality customer experience and maintainability of products/features
- Stay on top of technology trends tools and approaches
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.
- 4 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 4 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 4 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 4 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at MA Cambridge - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually
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Senior IC
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