Software Development Engineer, iOS

Amazon • Newark, NJ

4d

About The Position

As a Software Development Engineer, it’s up to you to define, design and refine the tech that keeps us one step ahead of listeners. Anticipate. Innovate. Bring challenging ideas and we’ll support you with the latest tech, tools, and systems that you need to succeed. We pride ourselves on our ability to imagine and invent solutions to problems of the future. You’ll be essential in this forward-thinking approach to development. Together with the team, you’ll build and maintain our platform to bring thousands of stories to millions of listeners and unleash the power of the human voice.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience maintaining distributed systems and web services
• BS degree in computer science or equivalent
• 1+ years of contributing to new and current systems architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) experience
• Server-side development experience, preferably in Java/Spring
• Experience in multiple AWS services

Nice To Haves

• Experience in software development, or experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications
• Experience in problem solving and delivering results

Responsibilities

• Own and be responsible for key components within the team
• Design, develop, implement and support Key Components using latest technology that will influence teams beyond Audible
• Work with Product Management and take the lead to help create, design and develop software that involves exploring and bringing out the latest technology on the platform to make the listening experience better and easier for our users
• Take every opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture and implementation of cutting edge mobile based products
• Provide technical direction and strategy to the team, drive the system architecture, spearhead the best practices and influence peer teams with brown-bag sessions and hackathons
• Stay up to date on the latest trends & technologies industry-wide and sharing that knowledge with the internal community
• Be committed to teamwork, hustle and strong communication skills (both to business and technical peers)
• Thrive in delivering high-quality technology mobile products in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• Demonstrate your experience in problem-solving in ambiguous situations

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level