Software Development Engineer, Podcasts

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices.

As a member of the Amazon Music Podcasts team, you will be responsible for leading the effort to invent and improve the ways that customers can discover, engage with, and listen to podcasts. You will create new scalable systems to fulfill customer requests, algorithms to pick the perfect podcasts, client interfaces on mobile and web that engage listeners, and services to enable customers to seamlessly resume listening on any device.

Our team is responsible for the podcast experience across Amazon Music to include our native iOS and Android applications, web player, and Alexa voice clients. Initiatives include creating intelligent podcast recommenders, designing seamless handoff between Alexa and mobile clients, surfacing content based on a customer's prior listening, continually improving podcast search, real time transcripts, and other strategic investments to make podcasts on Amazon Music the best place to listen to podcasts.

As a software development engineer on the podcast team, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Design and develop solutions in Swift on our Amazon Music iOS application
• Design and develop solutions in Java and Kotlin on our Amazon Music Android application
• Design and develop solutions in JavaScript and React on our Amazon Music Web application
• Design and develop scalable services on AWS to support global podcast customers
• Influence and improve our efforts to develop mobile applications at scale
• Collaborate and innovate with the Amazon Music team to drive growth and improve the experience of millions of customers across our clients and applications

Come innovate with the Amazon Music Podcasts team!