Senior Android Engineer, Fable — Craft Stellar Reading Apps

Scribd, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 214,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Scribd Flex

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Equity

Learning & development

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Scribd, Inc. in Boston is seeking a Senior Android Engineer for the Fable team to shape the future of reading, building high‑quality Android experiences and leading architectural decisions for the app.

You will design, develop, and ship features across the app, mentor teammates, and collaborate with product, design, QE, and other engineers to improve performance, reliability, and user experience. The role emphasizes ownership from concept to release, a user‑first mindset, and openness to AI

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Android development experience.
• Proficient in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose.
• Experience with modern architecture patterns (MVVM/MVI).
• Strong focus on usability, accessibility, and performance.
• Collaborative across product, design, QE, and engineering teams.
• Willingness to mentor teammates and own features end-to-end.
• Interest in applying AI coding tools to accelerate development.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-quality Android experiences for Fable.
• Collaborate with product, design, QE and engineers to deliver performant features.
• Strengthen app architecture and performance.
• Contribute to technical direction and best practices for Android.
• Improve code quality, test coverage, and release reliability.
• Mentor teammates and participate in design reviews.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Coroutines/Flows

MVVM or MVI

Code reviews & mentorship

Cross‑functional collaboration

User‑centric design

Performance optimization

AI coding tools

Tools

Firebase

Job description

Scribd, Inc. in Boston is seeking a Senior Android Engineer for the Fable team to shape the future of reading, building high‑quality Android experiences and leading architectural decisions for the app.

You will design, develop, and ship features across the app, mentor teammates, and collaborate with product, design, QE, and other engineers to improve performance, reliability, and user experience. The role emphasizes ownership from concept to release, a user‑first mindset, and openness to AI