Lead Software Engineer, Consumer Domains & Services

Amazon; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 184,900 - 250,200; Full time

Job summary

Audible, a leading audio storytelling company, seeks a Lead Software Development Engineer for the Consumer Domains group in Newark, NJ. You will own technical strategy, drive architecture decisions, and deliver scalable services that power Audible’s applications across desktop and mobile.

You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with product, UX, QA, and partner teams at Audible and Amazon, and stay ahead of cloud, REST, SEO, and security best practices to enhance customer experience for millions of

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Determine the strategy and where to simplify or extend solutions for the best outcome.
• Mentor and lead developers by cultivating curiosity and deep technical understanding.
• Explore technical needs and bring solutions to the table.
• Set the technical strategy for your team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch scalable and maintainable software that impacts our customers and inspires your peers.
• Independently clarify technical requirements, assessing development estimates and apply a broad range of design approaches.
• Drive continuous improvement of software quality, customer experience, and maintainability of products/features.
• Stay on top of technology trends, tools, and approaches.

Skills

Software development

Mentoring

Leadership

Architecture design

SDLC and operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Audible, a leading audio storytelling company, seeks a Lead Software Development Engineer for the Consumer Domains group in Newark, NJ. You will own technical strategy, drive architecture decisions, and deliver scalable services that power Audible’s applications across desktop and mobile.

You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with product, UX, QA, and partner teams at Audible and Amazon, and stay ahead of cloud, REST, SEO, and security best practices to enhance customer experience for millions of