Within Audible we have built a Platform group that owns tools, frameworks and services. The Platform group enables other development teams within the organization to build and ship software quickly and with a high bar of engineering excellence. This team builds awesome frameworks that development teams use to rapidly develop new experiences. We provide processes that keep our teams unblocked and highly productive but we do so in a way that's much more exciting than this sentence. We listen to our customers and the tech industry and it's our responsibility to push Audible into new places; wherever our customers are listening. That's really an excuse to experiment with things like adaptive streaming, home automation, wearables or even the Raspberry Pi.
This opportunity specifically is as a manager on the Services team within the Platform group. This team is setting the technical direction for the services that power our customer experience across all surfaces (web/mobile-web & devices). We need your help to create vision, lead development and delivery on this vision in an iterative manner. Success means we lay the foundation for continued expansion of our company without disrupting an already tremendously successful and much loved product.
As a leader on our team you'll be expected to work with team to create vision, execute on the ideas, challenge the status quo and generally make things better. You'll need the soft-skills too; Communication, influence and passion are key to the success of the team and ultimately the company. You'll experience all the challenges, ambiguity and opportunities of a new team with a new mission but for the right candidate that's part of the fun.
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 of Amazon's technologies like EC2, SQS and S3 but it doesn't stop there. 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 teams like Kindle, A9, P13N and many more.
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.
Here's some of more info:
Own most/all services within Audible. Owning means envisioning, designing, creating, building and supporting. These services need to operate with a high degree of operational excellence (we measure EVERYTHING).
Lead a team of really solid SDEs. Help them in their career growth while building the next generation infrastructure.
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 best practices both industry-wide and within Amazon and then sharing that knowledge in a meaningful way with the community.
A proven track record as a software development manager, including 5-10+ years of technical experience as software developer, software development manager, technical program manager, 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
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 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
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