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Software Development Manager, Alexa Audio, Alexa Audio

Posted On

April 24, 2025

Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Software Development

Apply By

May 13, 2025

Job Description

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

At 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 we're looking for a leader to help us make it even better.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Manager in the Alexa Audio team, you will lead a team building Alexa experiences using cloud-based technologies. Core responsibilities include providing engineering support across products and platforms, conducting root cause analysis, implementing code fixes, and developing internal tools.
The ideal candidate must demonstrate experience leading software engineering teams and delivering multiple projects on schedule. This role directly impacts Alexa customer experiences through operational improvements and technical leadership. We invite candidates with experience in cloud technologies, strong attention to detail, and proven success leading cross-functional teams to apply.

The role involves driving development projects to 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 and engaging customers with music, podcast, books, radio, and ambient soundscapes using Alexa.

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 as the leader providing direction, managing execution and own goals for the engineering team 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.

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. - 7+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

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