Audible

501+ employees
501+ engineers
Private funding
Exited (acquired)

Audible is the world’s largest seller and producer of audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, enriching the lives of our millions of listeners every day. With our customer-centric approach to technological innovation and superior programming, Audible has reinvented a media category, and is the driving force behind today’s audio entertainment revolution.

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Why join us?

  • At Audible, you’ll discover a community of brilliant minds, lighting up the world with innovative, moving content. Talented and provocative, adventurous and inquisitive, we’re relentless in our drive to push one another and the limits of our knowledge.

  • Our customers span the globe, and so do we, with offices all over the world. We embrace working, living, serving, and playing in our communities. Even as we work hard, we also have fun together—playing sports, attending happy hours and concerts, and going on team outings.

  • Audible is the leading creator and provider of premium digital spoken audio content from audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, and magazine and newspaper publishers. Audible offers customers a rich destination for insight and inspiration to enhance their daily lives.

  • The company is obsessed with exceeding customer expectations, as well as investing in the wellbeing of its employees. Audible team members feel that they’ve grown both personally and professionally due to the opportunities they’ve been provided by Audible.

  • Through a wide spectrum of affinity groups, community engagement and social impact efforts, Audible employees have multiple avenues to explore their interests and be part of a diverse group of brilliant minds who motivate and inspire each other through the stories they bring to life.

  • We support students in low-income, under-resourced communities by providing high-quality literacy programs in schools, comprehensive high school and college internships, a dedicated scholarship program, and large-scale community engagement programs. Our Audible locations around the world have also developed local partnerships to serve their communities.


Engineering at Audible

Technical Challenges

We are always working to meet the needs of our customers and provide incredible listening experiences. Our work is challenging – many of the problems we face do not have clear-cut answers. We are constantly inventing new solutions and looking for innovators to join our teams and work on projects that enhance the lives of our millions of customers.

Audible is deeply customer-obsessed and as we sit at the epicenter of technology and entertainment, we are always building cutting-edge tech and pioneering content.

Latest and greatest in technology trends: o We continuously work to apply data science, machine learning and personalization to the customer problems we solve. o Voice strategy - voice activation; audio interactivity.

Projects you might work on
  • We are constantly innovating on all aspects of the customer journey across acquisition to engagement, retention and customer win-back.

  • We challenge ourselves to build great experiences for our customers on our 4.9 star-rated app, focusing on discovery, search, homepage, player, listening and many more experiences.

  • We are continuously working to improve and enhance the Audible listening experience across platforms and environments. Creating the most seamless and consistent experience for our customers across devices throughout the customer journey.

  • Audible Original Member Benefit – On the first Friday of every month, members can download two of six Audible Originals for their library. They do not cost members credits and they are theirs to keep. A new selection of six titles to choose from is available every month.

Tech stack
java
git
jquery
angular.js
requires.js
html5/css
javascript
dojo
selenium
sql
hadoop
ios objective-c
swift
android
node
spring
AWS
Kafka
C++
Automation
Data Engineering
Big Data
data streaming
Scala
kinesis
Python
Cucumber

Working at Audible

Audible employees come from many backgrounds, but they all are inspired by the mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. The company is obsessed with exceeding customer expectations, as well as investing in the wellbeing of its employees. Audible team members feel that they’ve grown both personally and professionally due to the opportunities they’ve been provided by Audible. Through a wide spectrum of affinity groups, community engagement and social impact efforts, Audible employees have multiple avenues to explore their interests and be part of a diverse group of brilliant minds who motivate and inspire each other through the stories they bring to life.

Perks & benefits
  • Gym/Fitness
  • Generous Vacation
  • Free Food
  • Beautiful Office
  • Workshops/Conferences
  • Maternal/Paternal Leave
  • Flexible Hours
  • Health Insurance
  • Team Activities
  • Transportation
  • 401(k) Contribution
  • Philanthropic Contributions
  • Work from Home
  • Relocation
Our Team by the Numbers

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