Senior Android Engineer

Join to apply for the Senior Android Engineer role at Scribd, Inc.

At Scribd, our mission is to spark human curiosity. We create a world of stories and knowledge, democratize the exchange of ideas, and empower collective expertise through our four products:
Everand, Scribd, Slideshare, and Fable.

As a Senior Android Engineer on the Everand team
, you’ll help shape the future of how people discover, organize, and enjoy books. You’ll play a vital role in connecting readers with the stories they love by owning the core consumption areas of the app, including Home, Discover, Saved, and the Audio Player.

• Design and build high-quality Android experiences that make reading and listening more personal, discoverable, and organized across Everand’s audiobook and eBook.
• Collaborate with product, design, QE, and 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.

• You bring significant experience in Android development with a strong track record of building and shipping high‑quality consumer apps at scale.
• You write clean, maintainable Kotlin code and have deep experience with Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flows, and modern Android architecture patterns such as MVVM or MVI.
• You have a 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 understand the nuances of delivering seamless playback and offline experiences.
• You thrive in cross‑functional collaboration, communicating early and often with product, design, and QA partners to align on goals and tradeoffs.
• You take ownership from concept to release and value long‑term thinking over short‑term fixes.
• You enjoy mentoring, knowledge‑sharing, and helping the team move as a cohesive unit.
• You care deeply about the users; understanding what makes Everand impactful in their daily lives and translating that empathy into the features you build.

• Experience improving app reliability, load performance, or crash metrics in large‑scale Android apps.
• Familiarity with dependency injection (Hilt/Dagger) and Compose Navigation.
• Exposure to Auth0 or similar authentication frameworks.
• Interest in cross‑platform collaboration with teams working in iOS or React Native.

Base pay ranges vary by location. In the United States, outside of California, the expected salary range is $120,000 to $216,500. In California, the range is $146,000 to $227,500. The role is also eligible for competitive equity ownership and a comprehensive benefits package.

• Health Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Short‑term/long‑term disability plans
• 401k/RSP matching
• Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals and accessories
• Learning & Development allowance and programs
• Quarterly stipend for Wellness, WiFi, etc.
• Mental Health support & resources
• Free subscription to the Scribd suite of products
• Referral bonuses, book benefit, sabbaticals, and company‑wide events
• Vacation & personal days, flexible sick time, volunteer day, and paid holidays
• Company‑wide employee resource groups and inclusive workplace programs

Employees must have a primary residence in or near one of the following cities. Scribd employs you wherever the role qualifies under local laws:
United States (e.g., New York City, San Francisco), Canada (Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver), and Mexico (Mexico City).

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, and our diverse perspectives create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.