Amazon
Lead Software Development Engineer, Audible Creator Team
$168K–$227K
Culver City, CA · Full-time · Posted Jun 29, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in each of the stated software development, programming, systems design or architecture, and full software development life cycle areas; also requires mentoring, tech lead, or engineering team leadership experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Leads the technical strategy and development of scalable tools that automate Audible’s content production pipeline and improve creator and listener experiences.
What you'll do
- Set technical strategy, guide solution design, and drive software quality, reliability, and maintainability.
- Lead, mentor, and influence engineers while promoting AI-assisted development practices.
- Partner with stakeholders to design, build, test, and launch customer-facing software.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years programming in at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience; experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Web Application, SNS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, REST services, Javascript
AI focus
Champion an AI-first development approach to increase developer productivity and adoption of AI-assisted practices across the organization.
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