Staff iOS Engineer, Scribd
$137-269.5k
US based salary, depending on location. The salary range for candidates in Canada is $171,500-$254,000 CAD. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership
E-book and audiobook subscription service
Open for applications
E-book and audiobook subscription service
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$137-269.5k
US based salary, depending on location. The salary range for candidates in Canada is $171,500-$254,000 CAD. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership
201-500 employees
Company mission
To revolutionize the way the world reads and learns.
Role
Who you are
- High degree of proficiency in Swift
- High degree of proficiency with concurrency and threading: Grand Central Dispatch (GCD), Swift Concurrency, Actors (MainActor, GlobalActor, etc), async/await, background tasks, queues, locks, etc
- Architecture design: familiarity with MVC, MVVM, Viper, Clean Architecture, Redux, etc
- Algorithmic complexity: familiarity with and ability to apply CS concepts such as Big O notation
- High bar on coding practices with an ongoing focus on performance, time vs space tradeoffs, and continuous improvement regarding best practices to follow and anti-patterns to avoid
- Demonstrable ability to investigate, diagnose, debug, and solve complex and ambiguous codebase issues: startup performance, object ownership, memory leaks, threading issues, cpu utilization, code profiling, etc
- Proven ability to refactor large codebases, migrating codebase to newer technology stacks and addressing technical debt
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years experience shipping multiple iOS apps to the public
Desirable
- SwiftUI
- Objective C
- Building and maintaining XCode CI/CD pipelines
- Web Technologies: Javascript, JSON, REST, etc
- Graph
- QLTest automation
What the job involves
- Our iOS Engineering team plays a pivotal role in enhancing the experience of our 2 million subscribers through two key iOS apps: Everand and Scribd
- The Everand app is a gateway for our users to access an expansive library of over 7 million titles, including ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and magazine articles, offering a Netflix-like experience
- Meanwhile, the Scribd app provides access to an extensive collection of over 100 million user-uploaded documents, including PDFs and other formats
- In the role of Staff iOS Engineer, you will be instrumental in maintaining the stability and performance of these apps
- Your responsibilities will include working across our entire codebase to not only push the product roadmap forward but also to enhance code quality and engineering practices
- A significant part of your role will involve modernizing the technology stack and addressing technical debt, all while focusing on delivering an exceptional user experience
- You will be expected to collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features in a timely manner
- You will help foster a culture of learning and growth by mentoring and guiding junior and mid-level engineers in multiple ways including code reviews and promoting modern best practices
- In an ongoing manner, you will also help investigate newer technologies as they become available and mature, to ensure that the Scribd codebase is not just approachable, maintainable, flexible and performant but also modern with an eye to feature and growth opportunities in the future (examples include SwiftUI and VisionOS)
Our take
The world's biggest site for social reading and publishing, Scribd's website has over 250 million unique visitors each month and a vast content library, consisting of over 200 million audiobooks, magazines, ebooks and newspapers as well as media created by the Scribd community.
While Scribd is the largest social reading site, it is not alone in offering this kind of media. It competes against some major players, the largest of which are Amazon's Kindle and Audible offerings, but also includes the likes of BookMate and the non-profit Internet Archive. Where it stands aside is in its feature-rich reader and the sheer diversity of its library, which, thanks to partnerships with several major publishers, features numerous popular titles as well as a range of independent creators.
Further differentiating it from competitors, the company taken a firm stand on social issues, in particular the recent wave of book bannings taking place across the United States. By making the banned titles freely available it hopes to do its part in preserving literary freedom. With this tendency showing no signs of slowing down, Scribd's intervention in this area could prove to be important.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2019
$58m
LATE VC
Jan 2015
$22m
LATE VC
Total funding: $105.8m
Company benefits
- Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- Short-term/long-term disability plans
- 401k/RSP matching
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning & Development programs
- Quarterly stipend for Wellness, Connectivity & Comfort
- Mental Health support & resources
- Free subscription to Scribd + gift memberships for friends & family
- Referral Bonuses
- Book Benefit
- Sabbaticals
- Company wide events
- Team engagement budgets
- Vacation & Personal Days
- Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
- Flexible Sick Time
- Volunteer Day
- Company-wide Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programs
Company values
- Community -- Community and culture are paramount at Scribd. We curate meaningful moments to bring employees together for connection, collaboration and celebration
- Characters with character -- We believe diverse stories and backgrounds are what make Scribd great. From sourcing candidates all the way to extending offers, our hiring practices prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Growth Mentality -- We believe that ongoing training and development bring out the best in our employees and our company as a whole.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Trip Adler
(CEO)Having studied at Harvard until 2006, they co-founded Scribd in March 2017. They have worked as CEO ever since then.
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