Senior Software Development Engineer

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.

• A great communicator who can adapt their message to ensure understanding from multiple stakeholders.
• A detail-oriented problem-solver who enjoys the process of scratching beneath the surface to find the best solution to challenges.
• Curious and unafraid to ask questions to gain deeper understanding.
• Adaptable team player who brings their best to every interaction and inspires the same in others.
• Passionate about bringing your skills to Audible while being open and eager to learn new things.

• Contribute to the development of the technical direction and strategy within the team and help influence technology across Audible and beyond.
• Assist in developing solutions, web solutions and services: Envisioning, designing, creating, and supporting our solutions that operate with a high degree of operational excellence.
• Partner with a cross-functional team to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch software that wows our community and inspires our peers. Be willing to explore technical needs and bring problems AND solutions to the table.
• Constantly strive to raise the bar on engineering excellence.
• Take advantage of the resources, training and experts around you to- stay up to date with tools, trends, technologies and frameworks both industry-wide and within Amazon and then share that knowledge in a meaningful way with the community.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with a variety of modern programming languages (Java, JavaScript, C/C) and open-source technologies (Linux, Spring, SOA).
• Experience in Adobe Experience Manager components including data collection.
• Experience with Adobe products: Analytics, Target, Campaign, DTM, Data Workbench, as well as the wider Marketing Cloud.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate highly complex and ambiguous situations.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision and successfully resolve ambiguity.
• Willingness to learn, be open minded to new ideas and different opinions yet knowing when to stop, analyze, and reach a decision.
• Well-rounded engineering skills; full-stack development experience - web + services - If you've built something in your spare time send us the link, we'd love to hear about it.
• Great communication skills - ability to think creatively and adapt the message to the audience. Can provide information to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike and guide them to confidently informed decisions.
• Strong data-oriented skills with knowledge of Core Data and database design.
• Prior use of AWS technologies at scale in a production environment.
• Familiarity with big data technologies (Hadoop, Hive, Spark, etc.).
• Experience working with Agile methodologies.