Senior Android Engineer

Overview

At Scribd, our mission is to spark human curiosity by democratizing the exchange of ideas and empowering collective expertise through products such as Everand, Scribd, Slideshare, and Fable. As a Senior Android Engineer on the Everand team, you will help shape how people discover, organize, and enjoy stories by owning core consumption areas of the app—Home, Discover, Saved, and the Audio Player.

• Design and build high‑quality Android experiences that make reading and listening personal, discoverable, and organized across Everand’s audiobook and eBook apps.
• Collaborate with product, design, quality engineering, and other engineers to deliver features that are performant, intuitive, and visually polished.
• Strengthen the app’s architecture and performance, ensuring smooth playback, fast load times, and a reliable offline experience.
• Contribute to technical direction, helping evolve Everand’s Android foundations and development best practices.
• Partner with other engineers to improve code quality, test coverage, and release reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, mentorship, and design discussions to help the team grow and move cohesively.
• Champion a user‑first mindset, grounding technical decisions in how they enhance the reading and listening experience.

• Significant experience in Android development with a strong track record of building and shipping high‑quality consumer apps at scale.
• Clean, maintainable Kotlin code, deep experience with Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flows, and modern Android architecture patterns such as MVVM or MVI.
• Keen eye for usability, accessibility, and performance, and care about the craft of building intuitive, beautiful interfaces.
• Experience in media or streaming apps (e.g., Exo Player or Media3) and understanding of delivering seamless playback and offline experiences.
• Cross‑functional collaboration, communicating early and often with product, design, and QA partners to align on goals and tradeoffs.
• Ownership from concept to release, valuing long‑term thinking over short‑term fixes.
• Mentoring, knowledge‑sharing, and helping the team move cohesively.
• Deep empathy for users, understanding what makes Everand impactful in daily lives and translating that empathy into the features you build.

• Healthcare insurance coverage (medical/dental/vision): 100% paid for employees.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability plans.
• 401(k)/RSP matching.
• Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals and accessories.
• Learning & Development allowance and programs.
• Quarterly stipend for wellness, Wi‑Fi, and other wellness benefits.
• Mental health support & resources.
• Free subscription to Scribd products.
• Referral bonuses.
• Book benefit.
• Sabbaticals.
• Company‑wide events.
• Team engagement budgets.
• Vacation & personal days.
• Paid holidays (+ winter break).
• Flexible sick time.
• Volunteer day.
• Employee resource groups and inclusive workplace programs.
• Access to AI tools: free access to best‑in‑class AI tools to boost productivity and innovation.

Scribd is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We provide accessible interview experiences and accommodations upon request ().