Your Career in Voice: Audible

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VOICE is a can't-miss event for developers looking to expand their skills in developing for voice, bolster their career prospects or transition their focus as a developer. Whether you're coming to connect with the voice-first community or eager to learn through 100+ hours of developer programming, you're also likely to stumble across some great career opportunities.

We're profiling some of the employers participating in VOICE so you can get a sneak peek into what it's like to work for some of the world's best companies.

 

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Want all the benefits of working for a large, world-class organization with the agility and atmosphere of a mid-sized company?

Audible is the world’s largest seller and producer of spoken audio entertainment, information and educational programming, offering employees a unique advantage—all the perks of Amazon employees, plus some additional benefits. Ultimately, Audible's teams have the benefit of leveraging world-class Amazon Web services to build and ship product, but the freedom to maintain a unique brand and culture.

 

Be part of the growth

A major component of choosing an employer is the opportunity for career growth, and developers, designers, and engineers are no exception. Audible has enjoyed impressive growth and continues to expand, leveraging multiple avenues for innovation and offering a chance for serious career development. Arguably known best for audiobooks, Audible offers millions of listeners around the world transformative experiences through their technology and service. Audible’s Original content (think The Home Front with Martin Sheen or Ponzi Supernova, interviews with Bernie Madoff), and technology offers huge opportunities to innovate.

Audible invented and commercialized the first digital audio player in 1997 (yes, before the iPod existed), and has since been at the forefront of the explosively growing audiobook download segment. In 2017, listeners around the world downloaded over two billion hours of Audible content. As a leading destination for digital entertainment, Audible continues to expand and grow to deliver unparalleled listening experiences to their customers around the world.

One person that has experienced Audible’s innovation history is Matt Quinn, VP of Software Development and Site Lead for Audible’s Cambridge site. You can catch him on the main stage at VOICE for Voices of Progress discussing how voice tech can be leveraged to enhance business and create engaging content.

 

Endless opportunities for tech leaders

Audible’s product development organization follows a scaled agile framework. Their scrum teams deliver on the same cadence, following quarterly planning increments and 6x2 week sprint cycles in that quarter. Organized into six different programs, each work to build Audible’s consumer-facing technology and internal/business systems.

Amazon has six main programs, offering an enviable array of options, whether you're more interested in mobile development or marketing systems:

 

Premium: Be part of the engineering team that builds the core experience for Audible listeners.

Amazon Products: Help expose Audible on a variety of Amazon platforms including Alexa, Kindle, the Fire Operating System and even Audible's main e-commerce site.

Marketing Systems: Build homegrown systems that attract and retain listeners. Think modern CRM and personalization and recommendation systems.

Emerging Business: Test out new business models and content ideas to see if they could be the next big growth engine for Audible.

Intercontinental: Build and deploy marketplaces around the world so consumers can find content in their native language.

Business systems: HR, Finance and Data - this crew helps the company run.

 

Predominantly a Java shop, there's also iOS and Android for mobile, HTML5, CSS3, js frameworks on web; Audible is always exploring new technology and bringing in tools that keep their teams at the forefront of technology.

In the world of Big data, applications/services at global scale, and data science systems - there are countless challenges to solve. Whatever area you choose to focus on, you'll undoubtedly be exposed to some of the world's most exciting projects.

 

Find out more at VOICE

Choosing where to work is a big choice—so don't take our word for it. Be sure to check out Audible at VOICE, coming July 24-26 in Newark, NJ. Stop by the employer brand session on July 25 at 10:30 AM to hear more about the countless opportunities at Audible. Or, be part of the action at the speed recruiting session, where you can join Audible and a variety of other employers to get a sneak peek into their hiring process, company culture and more.

If you're a developer, designer or tech professional that hasn't gotten your ticket yet, use code VOICEDEV to register before July 22 at 11:59 EST to get your 3-day, all-access pass for only $100 ($395 value).