Software Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Are you excited by the prospect of creating a world-class listening experience that enable customers to find and discover the things they love? Are you interested in massively scaling product infrastructures for Amazon sites and services across the globe? Do you enjoy solving complex data and application service problems to make powerful yet delightful customer experiences?

If so, we need customer-focused, innovative and driven software development engineers who enjoy working in an agile, fast-paced environment on highly visible products.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join a mobile development team responsible for Audible's experiences on the WhisperSync For Voice (WFV), Fire, FireTV, and eReader platforms. Our mission is to introduce Amazon and Kindle customers to the power of the spoken word, including allowing them to experience audio as an enhancement to the reading experience, letting customers switch seamlessly between reading and listening without losing their place in the book, or read and listen together with Real time text highlighting (Immersion Reading). We are looking for someone who will join our diverse team of developers to build and launch new features and solve complex engineering problems which will have a direct customer impact via applications for Android, FireOS, iOS and Web. This is an opportunity to have end-to-end ownership of a software product and apply your ideas from inception to the launch.

Key Responsibilities:
· Partner with other engineers to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that invigorates our community and inspires our peers
· Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering and analysis to the development of complex software and architectures
· Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables
· Participate in internal review of software components and systems

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
· Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages
· Knowledge of modern best practices for professional software development including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Strong problem solving skills and willingness to accept new challenges, take ownership and be adaptable
· A high-quality bar; just-enough documentation, unit testing, code reviews, test automation, continuous integration & deployment and a preference for agile methods