Director, Software Development, 3px
Company: Audible
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: August 4, 2022
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Job Description:
Job summaryGood storytelling starts with great listening. At
Audible, that means each role and every project has our audience in
mind. Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our
products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.ABOUT
THIS ROLEIn this role, you will manage and grow one or more
engineering teams for Audible's Consumer Domains group.ABOUT THE
TEAMWe are the team that focuses on global solutions in the areas
of Price, Purchase and Payments services, in support of Audible
membership and content orders, shopping cart experience, and buying
options. Out area of ownership extends to lead compliance work in
collaboration with Amazon digital content and payment services
teams.We are the home for tech talent that wants to grow Audible's
market-leading business and build full stack web applications and
services. The team is comprised of developers who work in a
fast-paced agile environment and partner closely with Audible and
Amazon tech teams, Product, UX and QA.We are embarking on a mission
to reshape the fundamental experiences and delight our global
customers and drive a strong engineering culture. It's our
responsibility to push Audible into new places; wherever our
customers are listening. Achieving this vision means expanding and
strengthening our development process, how we work and leveraging
new technologies to deliver services and web applications. We need
your help to develop and deliver on this vision. Success means we
lay the foundation for continued expansion of our company without
disrupting an already tremendously successful and much loved
project.As a Director of Software Development, you will...Own and
lead full life cycle delivery of large cross functional projects
spanning teams across Audible and Amazon.Lead operational
excellence of our flagship solutions and drive technical strategy
across the organization.Manage a team, coaching and mentoring our
high-performing architects and engineers to help them grow their
skills, enhance their knowledge of our systems and their ability to
get things done.Partner with senior leadership and cross-functional
teams to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that
wows our community and inspires our peers.Constantly strive to
raise the bar on delivery and operational excellence performance
and quality in a fast agile environment.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS7+
years of experience working directly within engineering
teamsExperience partnering with product OR program management
teams3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers3+
years of experience architecting and designing (architecture,
design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current
systems3+ years of experience leading architects and full stack
development teams that support consumer-facing global web
solutions.3+ years of experience developing and deploying
distributed, low latency, and high availability solutions.3+ years
of experience managing agile software projects across multiple and
geographically distributed teams.History of delivering
customer-driven software products at a high scale in a fast paced,
technology first, rapid-growth company.Prior experience as a
software engineer who strategically influenced the direction of the
product design and development.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSDemonstrated
ability to build, motivate and retain high-performance engineering
teams while leading engineering culture change.Prior use of AWS or
other enterprise cloud technologies at scale in a production
environment.Working experience with java, microservices, CI/CD, and
cross-platform development.Experienced pragmatic decision maker and
driver with the ability to articulate product vision and
roadmap.Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and the
ability to work effectively across teams & multiple division
stakeholders.ABOUT AUDIBLEAt Audible, we innovate and inspire
through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on
storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio
storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and
share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport
and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's
our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners,
storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences
power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the
power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid
workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering
in a common office space (work from hub) and remote work (work from
home). Some teams will work mostly at hub, some mostly at home and
others hybrid. For more information, please visit
adbl.Co/hybrid.Audible is committed to a diverse and inclusive
workplace. Audible is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender
identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability,
age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with
disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please
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