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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 ROLEThe position requires an engineer with experience architecting, developing and supporting distributed & scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications and services with hands-on coding experience in modern object-oriented language. In this role, you will exhibit leadership qualities including excellent judgment and high standards. You will have the ability to dive deep and remain in touch with business details, drive innovation in the teams, invoke passion in others, think big, and deliver results.If you are an experienced Software Development Manager with a creative edge, problem-solving skills, a software development foundation and desire and to be part of Audible's next generation technology, we want to talk with you. Joining our team provides the unique challenge and opportunity to deliver software that benefits many customers around the world.ABOUT THE TEAMAudible Royalty & Reporting team is transforming the way Audible calculate royalties and generate reports and statements using cutting edge AWS technologies. This team is responsible for processing billions of data with high efficiency and speed without comprising the integrity and correctness.As a Director of Software Development, you will- Own and lead the full life cycle delivery of cross functional projects spanning teams across Audible and Amazon.
- Drive development and operational excellence of our flagship solutions.
- Coach and mentor our high-performing engineers to help them grow their skills, enhance their knowledge of our systems and their ability to get things done.
- Partner with 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 performance and quality in a fast agile environment.
- Lead 1-2 Scrum teams.
- 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams
- Experience partnering with product OR program management teams
- 3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
- 3+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience leading full stack development web teams.
- 5+ years experience of software development and deployment of distributed multi-tier applications.
- 3+ years experience managing agile software projects across multiple and geographically distributed teams.
- Demonstrated expertise in a variety of web and SOA distributed technologies and platforms such as Java/J2EE.
- Demonstrated experience implementing solutions leveraging AWS capabilities.
- Past experience leveraging machine learning models to deliver insights and enrich customer experiences.
- Action-oriented strategic thinker.
- Be able to thrive in an ambiguous environment - where change is the only constant.
- Detailed oriented to ensure that project success is paramount.
- Strong verbal and communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills and an out of the box thinker.
- Self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work in a very fast paced environment.
- Track record of defining and delivering cross functional solutions that are innovative and extensible.
- Be able to disagree, yet align, when dealing with different stakeholders.
- Results oriented and with a strong customer focus.
- Highly autonomous. Delivers with little guidance.
- Strong mentor of peers and subordinates.
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