Software Development Engineer
Audible
- Location
- Cambridge, MA
- Posted
- June 17, 2026
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Role overview
At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. We work with leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with millions of global listeners. As a Software Development Engineer, you will define, design, and refine the technology that keeps us ahead of listeners, anticipating needs and innovating with challenging ideas. You'll be essential in ensuring the team reaches its potential by working closely with them, reviewing their work, mentoring, and supporting their development. Together, you'll build and maintain our platform to bring thousands of stories to millions of listeners.
About
the Team
Audible’s Creators include talented storytellers, voice actors, producers, publishers, and our internal content teams. Our teams build innovative tools that allow our experts to focus on creation while helping them bring their art to millions of listeners. We are customer-obsessed, and the tools we build are intuitive and easy to use, ensuring technology aids creativity to provide the best experience for listeners. By focusing on our creators, we also create value for Audible’s global consumers by helping them discover new content, talent, and stories they love.
About You
You take pride in every step forward, viewing each challenge as a well-executed venture to support our creators and listeners. If you're looking to build on your skills and grow into a leader, this is your next step. We seek individuals who take responsibility, set high standards, and see every failure as an opportunity to learn. You are looking for an environment where you can thrive, with opportunities to challenge yourself and a talented team by your side.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test software components and applications for one of the largest creator and provider of audiobooks in the world.
- Collaborate on an agile engineering team, writing scalable and maintainable code and influencing team decisions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to envision, design, develop, test, and launch customer-centric software solutions.
- Utilize technology to tackle challenging problems and deliver high-quality code on schedule.
- Demonstrate proficiency in a wide range of data structures and algorithms, applying them effectively.
- Independently clarify technical requirements, assess development estimates, and employ diverse design approaches.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
- Foster continuous improvement in software quality, customer experience, and product maintainability.
- Mentor and lead developers, fostering curiosity and deep technical understanding.
Requirements
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Experience scripting or coding.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem-solving abilities.
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
- Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or equivalent.
- Experience creating and delivering written and oral communications for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience programmatically testing products, measuring test coverage, developing the best automation, driving testability and diagnostics.
Compensation and Benefits
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.