Sr. Software Development Manager, Alexa Audio, Alexa Audio

Note: We are flexible on location for this role to be either in Bangalore or Chennai.

As Alexa Audio, we own the audio experiences on Alexa enabled devices. These experiences include Music, Podcast, Audio Books, Radio, and Ambient soundscapes. Our integration skill kits enable seamless integration of 1P / 3P audio content providers (e. g. , Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple etc. ) with Alexa devices. Audio is one of the most widely used experiences on Alexa, and is enjoyed by millions of customers on a daily basis.

There is a universe of tens of millions of distinct audio content that is available across streaming services. Using your voice, and timely proactive suggestions are the easiest ways to get to what you want. Alexa makes this magical for customers: ask any Alexa-enabled device to play your favorite song, podcast, book or a station, and Alexa will find the right content for you and play it. We also support being able to control and manage playback across multiple devices, and movement of media playback across them. It is still Day 1 for the audio experiences, and were looking for a leader to help us make it even better.

Key job responsibilities
As the Senior Manager of the Alexa Audio, you will be responsible for leading the effort to build and operate the architecture foundation that all of Alexa Audio experiences depend on. You will own key technologies that make the Alexa Audio experiences magical for customers, and help them find the right content to play on the right devices with full contextual awareness. Youll work directly with senior business leaders to find ways to achieve stretch goals, and innovate to deliver the customer experiences for engaging customers with music, podcast, books, radio, and ambient soundscapes using Alexa.

You will be a hands-on leader of multiple engineering teams that are at the heart of innovation for voice + video, passionate about innovating for customers, and has a demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work, adaptability, and strong communication skills (with both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. The role requires leaders with technical depth to guide the development process, a clear vision to unlock future innovation, and project management skills to ensure the right solution is delivered to customers. You must have the ability to pay attention to detail to deliver solutions that delight customers.

A day in the life
You will be acting as leader of leaders providing direction, managing execution and own goals for multiple engineering teams reporting to you. You will manage relationship with stakeholder both within Alexa Audio, and with partner teams. You will be responsible for hiring, career development, and performance management. You will own roadmap for your teams and lead the architecture and operations for the services owned.

About the team
As Alexa Audio, we own the audio experiences on Alexa enabled devices. These experiences include Music, Podcast, Audio Books, Radio, and Ambient soundscapes. Our integration skill kits enable seamless integration of 1P / 3P audio content providers (e. g. , Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple etc. ) with Alexa devices. Audio is one of the most widely used experiences on Alexa, and is enjoyed by millions of customers on a daily basis. - 10+ years of engineering experience
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience
- 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment