iOS Engineer

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Description
At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives.

It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners.

We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other.

Imagine your future with us.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As an iOS 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.

You’ll be essential in ensuring the team can reach their potential; working closely with them, reviewing their work, mentoring, and supporting them to develop.

Together, you’ll build and maintain our platform to bring thousands of stories to millions of listeners and unleash the power of the human voice.

ABOUT THE TEAM
It takes a curated team to pack the entire Audible library into the palm of your hand, but we make it happen seamlessly, for millions of people across the world.

The team's vision is to enable a friction-less experience allowing Audible customers to listen and engage with the largest Audiobook portfolio.

We work ceaselessly to deliver world-class products that scale for millions of daily listener sessions across the entire eco-system including the iPhone, Carplay, Apple Watch, and living room devices.

We are a nimble team with a game-changing mindset, endless passion, and uncompromising user focus.

ABOUT YOU
You are talented, adaptable, and flexible.

We’re looking for creative, open-minded iOS software development engineers to help build technologies that continuously improve the Audible listening experience.

While focusing on iOS development you’ll build and scale mobile software, and coordinate cross-functionally by integrating new features, maintaining high performance, and creating intuitive interfaces.

Our team is working on building native iOS products, without compromising compatibility with various iOS devices in an agile environment.

As an iOS Engineer, you will...
- 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

ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling.

We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives.

We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit.

We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors.

This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in Objective-C or Swift
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- UI skills with knowledge of SwiftUI or UIKit
- Experience in problem-solving with experience in ambiguous situations
- Experience in documentation, unit testing, code reviews, test automation, continuous integration & deployment
- Experience in Agile development
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of dependency injection, operations/promises, and modular development
- 4+ years of experience in designing and developing iOS Applications using Swift, Objective-C
- Recent experience building enterprise-scale mobile applications
- Experience building mobile UI with SwiftUI or UIKit, especially Auto Layout and related SDKs, including use of storyboard and animations
- Background in caching with support for offline transactions
- Competency in automation, enthusiasm for continuous integration/deployment or Chaos Engineering
- Solid Coding practices including good design, unit testing, peer code reviews
- Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices, including coding standards, source code management & build processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.

If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits .

This position will remain posted until filled.

Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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