Director, Software Development

Audible is a mission driven, highly profitable media company in hyper-growth. We're a collection of artists, designers and technologists with a love of literature, performance and the spoken word. We're the leading provider of audiobooks worldwide with a huge catalog of exclusive content and a first-class listening experience on Kindle, Android and iOS devices. We love our customers and we love our product. We're on a mission to share great stories with the world and we want you to be a part of that journey.

This opportunity is for a Director of Software Development who will manage and grow one or more web teams for Audible’s Premium Business group. We are the team that creates and powers Audible’s website applications for our global listeners. We are the home for tech talent that wants to grow Audible’s market leading Premium Business and build the sites across desktop and mobile devices. The team is comprised of developers who work in an agile environment and partner closely with Audible and Amazon tech teams, Product, UX and QA teams.

If you want to own and solve problems, work with a creative dynamic team, fail fast in a supportive environment whilst growing your career and working on high volume (2000+ tps) services that support millions of customers worldwide we want to hear from you.

As engineers we like specifics so here's some of the standard info:

• Own key components within our platform. "Owning" means envisioning, designing, creating, building and supporting. These services need to operate with a high degree of operational excellence (we measure EVERYTHING).
• Support our developers. "Support" means be the go-to-person for questions but never be a bottle-neck, see around the corner and anticipate developers' needs, host brown bags, knowledge-transfer sessions and generally evangelize the platform.
• Partner with product management to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that wows our community and inspires our peers.
• Be willing to explore and learn un-prompted. Bring problems AND solutions to the table.
• Lead the way - "Lead" means staying up to date with tools, trends, technologies and frameworks both industry-wide and within Amazon and then sharing that knowledge in a meaningful way with the community.

How does Amazon fit in?
We're a part of Amazon, they are our parent company and it's a great partnership. You'll get to play with all Amazon's technologies. In fact, Audible's built on Amazon technology and you'll have insight into the inner workings of the world's leading ecommerce experience. There's a LOT to learn! Your career will benefit from working with Amazon teams while pursuing leading edge web technologies.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• A proven track record as a software development manager, including 5-10+ years of technical experience as software developer, software development manager, director or related role.
• A proven track record of software delivery through all phases of development.
• A proven track record of hiring and developing software engineers to become high performance teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to communicate and influence at all levels, from the new college hire engineer to an executive audience
• Experience taking a leading role in building complex web software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between.

Benefits
We have a comprehensive benefits package but here are some of the fun perks:

• Free catered lunch daily, breakfast on Mondays, all the snacks you can eat and Happy Hour on a Friday
• Free onsite gym and 25% fitness reimbursement
• Ruthless ping-pong tournaments and seasonal sports clubs - volleyball, basketball, soccer, etc.
• Endless company sponsored events
• Transit reimbursement, paid parking and shuttle service
• Tuition assistance
• Annual Amazon discount
• Access to Amazon Web Services and much more...

Audible is an Equal Opportunity - Affirmative Action Employer-Minority/ Female/ Disability/ Vet