Android Engineer (Fable Core)

Scribd Inc.
Denver, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 226K

Job location

Remote
Denver, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Android
Code Coverage
Software Quality
Code Review
Model View ViewModel
Software Engineering
Firebase
Kotlin
Build Management
Jetpack Compose
Asynchronous Programming

Job description

As a Senior Android Engineer on the Fable team, you'll help shape the future of reading, working on Fable, a successful app that helps people build a reading habit, find their next book, and connect with other readers. Fable is a top 5 app in the Books category of the App Store with a growing, vibrant community.

You'll play a lead role in developing Fable for Android, planning and developing features across all parts of the app. As Fable's lead Android engineer, you'll drive the architectural roadmap, planning and executing on performance and stability enhancements.

We value ownership of the product from end to end, bringing creativity and energy to building great experiences for the Fable community, and delighting our users with both aesthetics and utility. We are looking for engineers who share these values.

We believe the best mobile experiences come from teams who care deeply about the people they build for, and each other.

About the Role:

  • Your main focus will be to design and build high-quality Android experiences.
  • Collaborate with product, design, QE, and engineers to deliver features that are performant, intuitive, and visually polished.
  • Strengthen the app's architecture and performance.
  • Contribute to technical direction, helping evolve Fable'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.
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Requirements

  • You bring 5+ years of 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.
  • 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 Fable impactful in their daily lives and translating that empathy into the features you build.
  • You're keen to apply AI coding tools to increase development velocity, and automate various parts of the software development process.

It's a plus if you also have:

  • Experience improving app reliability, load performance, or crash metrics in large-scale Android apps.
  • Exposure to Firebase or similar authentication frameworks, and subscription-oriented flows.
  • Proficiency applying agentic / AI coding tools to Android development is a big plus.

Benefits & conditions

Lead development of the Fable Android app: design and build high-quality experiences, drive architecture and performance improvements, collaborate with product/design/QE, mentor engineers, improve code quality and release reliability, and own features from concept to release. The summary above was generated by AI

Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products - Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand , and Fable - help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise.

Culture at Scribd, Inc.

We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer.

We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection. Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location.

So what are we looking for in new team members? At Scribd, Inc., we hire for "GRIT." Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee. For us, it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

This posting reflects an approved, open position within the organization., At Scribd, Inc., your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United States.

In the state of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $151,000 [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California] to $226,000 [maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California].

In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $124,000 [minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California] to $214,500 [maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California].

In Canada, the reasonably expected salary range is between $157,000 CAD [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market] to $201,000 CAD[maximum salary in our highest geographic market].

We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership, and a comprehensive and generous benefits package., * Scribd Flex (flexible work model)

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Mental health support and disability coverage
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals
  • Paid parental leave and family support benefits
  • Retirement matching and employee equity
  • Learning and development programs and professional growth opportunities
  • Wellness and home office stipends
  • Complimentary access to the Scribd, Inc. suite of products
  • Enterprise access to leading AI tools

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