Software Development Engineer, iOS

Audible, Inc.

$100K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in mobile software development
  • Proficient in building and scaling mobile applications (iOS/Android/web)
  • Strong background in test automation and mobile testing methodologies
  • Experienced in using AI-assisted development tools
  • Excellent problem-solving skills in dynamic environments
  • Effective communicator for technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain key software components for the team
  • Design and implement innovative technologies to enhance user experience
  • Lead software development projects in collaboration with product management
  • Drive architectural decisions and best practices for mobile products
  • Provide technical guidance through knowledge-sharing sessions and hackathons
  • Ensure high-quality code through rigorous testing and automation practices
  • Adapt to and thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment

Benefits

  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools
  • Opportunity for mentorship and professional growth
  • Engagement in a creative and collaborative team culture
  • Chance to influence product design and architecture
  • Flexible work environment with dynamic priorities
Full Job Description
ABOUT THIS ROLE 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, including modern AI-assisted development tooling. 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 iPhone and Android phones, the mobile web, CarPlay and Android Auto, wearables, and living room devices. We are a nimble team with a game-changing mindset, endless passion, and user focus. ABOUT YOU You are talented, adaptable, and flexible. We're looking for creative, open-minded mobile software development engineers to help build technologies that continuously improve the Audible listening experience. You may come from an iOS, Android, or mobile web background; what matters is your depth in building and scaling mobile software, your ability to coordinate cross-functionally by integrating new features, maintaining high performance, and creating intuitive interfaces. You bring hands-on experience with testing and test automation in mobile environments. You're familiar with unit, integration, and end-to-end UI testing across the mobile testing pyramid, and you understand how to build and maintain reliable test suites that support continuous delivery. You use AI-assisted development tools (such as coding assistants and agentic workflows) to raise your velocity and quality, and you apply good judgment about where they help. You'll also contribute to quality across the full stack, helping ensure our systems are reliable from the backend through to the user experience, without compromising compatibility across the range of mobile devices and form factors in an agile environment. As a Software Development 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 - Write and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and UI tests to ensure code quality and prevent regressions - Champion test automation practices within the team, improving test coverage and CI pipeline reliability - Adopt and advocate for AI-assisted development practices that improve team productivity and code quality.

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