We Heard from Audible's Women Tech Leaders in Newark
About Audible:
At Audible, we're changing the narrative on storytelling. As the world's largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, we've redefined the ways people access, discover and share stories. This is a community of brilliant minds, lighting up the world with innovative moving content. We pursue ideas from their ambiguous beginnings all the way to award-winning endings. Put your ambition and imagination to work alongside inventors, entrepreneurs, and creative problem-solvers.
Whether you're interested in building consumer facing software that's in the hands of millions of listeners globally or building behind the scenes systems that power what we do, Audible has an opportunity for you. Join a community that's growing at the speed of the spoken word. Visit Audible's page on PowerToFly to learn more about the company and their open roles.
Welcome to PowerToFly's event with Audible!
Our guests are arriving!
The night included plenty of opportunities to network with the Audible team.
Members of the Audible team were available to answer questions.
Attendees take advantage of our photo booth.
PowerToFly's Milena Berry
Audible's Vincenza Pizzo
A great crowd!
Audible's Lisa Stringer Abdullah
Our Audible panel: Shruti Page, Bidisha Das and Lisa Stringer Abdullah
More of our panel.
A full house at the Audible Innovation Cathedral
Taking questions from the audience.
The night concluded with plenty of more networking time.
What a great night!
A Look at Our Event with Audible's Mobile Leaders
The night kicked off with a welcome address by Jeff Kobos, Sr. Director, Software Development; Huijie Miao, Sr. Manager, Software Development and Chandana Kanchangari, Sr. Manager, Software Development who greeted out attendees and acted as hosts throughout the evening.
The night's first tech talk centered on Kotlin Multiplatform and was led by Software Engineers Ankit Somani and Pedro Veloso. The second presentation was from Software Development Engineers Ana Ma and Sunayna Jain and focused on Accessibility in iOS. After each talk, our attendees had the opportunity to ask questions directly to presenters.
The night wasn't over! Attendees stuck around to enjoy more networking time and the event concluded with a raffle of two Amazon Echoes for a couple of lucky attendees.
A truly global company, Audible's worldwide community downloads almost two billion hours of material annually. Along with their world headquarters in Newark, Audible has offices all over the world including London, Berlin and Tokyo. Their competitive benefits include restricted stock units, parental leave, commuter benefits, a fully stocked kitchen, fitness reimbursements and Amazon discounts.
Visit Audible's page on PowerToFly to learn more about the company and their open roles.
Members of the Audible team mingle with attendees.
Some of the great food at the event.
Networking before the evening's presentations.
Jeff Kobos, Sr. Director, Software Development
Chandana Kanchangari, Sr. Manager, Software Development
Huijie Miao, Sr. Manager, Software Development
Software Engineers Ankit Somani and Pedro Veloso
Software Development Engineers Ana Ma and Sunayna Jain
Our speakers also took questions from the audience.
A packed house!
A great night at Audible.
