Senior Android Engineer (Fable Core)

About the role

The Senior Android Engineer on the Fable team will 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. You'll play a lead role in developing Fable for Android, planning and developing features across all parts of the app. You'll drive the architectural roadmap, planning and executing on performance and stability enhancements.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Champion a user-first mindset, grounding technical decisions in how they enhance the experience.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Android development with a strong track record of building and shipping high-quality consumer apps at scale.
• Write clean, maintainable Kotlin code and have deep experience with Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flows, and modern Android architecture patterns such as MVVM or MVI.
• Have a keen eye for usability, accessibility, and performance, and care about the craft of building intuitive, beautiful interfaces.
• Thrive in cross-functional collaboration, communicating early and often with product, design, and QA partners to align on goals and tradeoffs.
• Take ownership from concept to release and value long-term thinking over short-term fixes.
• Enjoy mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and helping the team move as a cohesive unit.
• Care deeply about the users; understanding what makes Fable impactful in their daily lives and translating that empathy into the features you build.
• Keen to apply AI coding tools to increase development velocity, and automate various parts of the software development process.

Qualifications

• 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.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package, including:

• 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
• Retailer 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

Pay

The reasonably expected salary range for this position 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].

Schedule

Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location.