Software Dev Engineer, Web Platform

Audible.com (a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com) is looking for a dynamic and motivated senior software engineer to join the Web Platform group. As a member of the team you will have the opportunity to help build Audible's website platform.   If you are a sharp, experienced software engineer with a creative edge, strong problem-solving skills, a solid software development foundation and the desire to be an individual contributor to Audible's next generation technology, we want to talk with you.  Joining our team provides the unique challenge and opportunity to write software that benefits many customers around the world.   The Software Development Engineer's primary responsibility is to assist and develop during various stages of a project including requirements gathering, documentation, design, and testing phases.   This is an extremely challenging role that demands strong technical leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills.   Responsibilities:

• Working with business representatives to define requirements and developing technical specifications
• Mentoring other Software Development Engineers in coding and debugging issues
• Communicating effectively to ensure that all business requirements are being assessed and addressed to ensure development projects meet or exceed performance targets
• Supporting day-to-day functional maintenance of the web site services
• Participating in all activities accordingly to ensure on time deliverables are met including day-to-day planning and coordination with testers, developers, project managers and business representatives
• Driving full life cycle product development
• Collaborating with business owners to solidify requirements and create measurable shopping experiences  
•  5-7+ years of industry experience with a solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability
• Programming in Java, C, C++, Perl, Python, and/or Ruby
• Experience building scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems
• Excellent object oriented analysis and design skills (OOA/OOD)
• Experience working with relational databases (Oracle and JDBC/Hibernate a plus)
• Experience writing code in a high volume, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
• Familiarity with frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, Ruby on Rails is a plus
• Played a leading role in the design, implementation and deployment of a successful enterprise-level system
• Significant leadership experience in the technology side of a business and/or online community
• Internet and operating system security fundamentals
• Understanding of system and application performance limits and characteristics
• Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
• Strong written and oral presentation skills
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent