Lead Software Engineer - Consumer Platforms & APIs

Audible; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Audible, Inc. in Newark, NJ, is seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to drive design and delivery of Audible’s consumer-facing applications, APIs, and services across desktop and mobile.

You will lead a team of developers in an agile environment, setting strategy, mentoring engineers, and partnering with product, UX, and QA to ship scalable software that delights listeners. Qualified candidates bring 5+ years of software development, architecture design, and leadership, with hands-on

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of systems.
• Experience mentoring or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Determine strategy and set technical direction for the team.
• Mentor and lead developers to deepen technical understanding.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design, develop, test, and launch scalable software.
• Drive continuous improvement of software quality and customer experience.
• Stay current with technology trends and tools.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Mentoring

Architecture design

AWS cloud services

REST APIs

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

AWS

Lambda

S3

CloudWatch

REST

Job description

Audible, Inc. in Newark, NJ, is seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to drive design and delivery of Audible’s consumer-facing applications, APIs, and services across desktop and mobile.

You will lead a team of developers in an agile environment, setting strategy, mentoring engineers, and partnering with product, UX, and QA to ship scalable software that delights listeners. Qualified candidates bring 5+ years of software development, architecture design, and leadership, with hands-on