Mobile Engineering Director, Scribd
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E-book and audiobook subscription service
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E-book and audiobook subscription service
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To revolutionize the way the world reads and learns.
Role
Who you are
- At least 10 years of experience building and delivering software products
- 5+ years of engineering management experience running mobile teams and experience managing managers for at least 2 years
- A working knowledge of building native mobile applications on iOS and/or Android
- Strong record of thriving in a customer-obsessed product development environment with evidence of helping to define and influence overall product strategy
- An exceptional understanding of technology best practices, application security, and history of making tradeoffs based on current needs
- Proven track record of scaling a team in high-growth companies, not just in number of team members but also in developing team member capabilities and skills
- History of building accountability and success by setting measurable goals and metrics for your teams
- Ability to set strategic direction in working with senior executives, but also loves getting your hands dirty executing with the team
- Thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing, high-growth environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, prioritize and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners
- Proactive, solution-oriented mindset and approach to problem solving
What the job involves
- Be responsible for the iOS, Android & Mobile QA teams -- with the managers of each reporting to you
- Be responsible for our build tooling / developer productivity engineering team
- Manage, coach and mentor your managers by having regular 1:1s and building strong relationships
- Enable them to be self aware by providing genuine feedback. Inculcate industry standard software engineering best practices across your teams
- Ensure your team is working effectively with recruiters to hire and build a diverse team of talented engineers that are meeting the growing business needs. Remove obstacles in execution by effective communication, leadership and lean processes
- Ensure iOS and Android are building a platform and product in the best ways, with the best tools
- Ensure the iOS and Android teams are demonstrating ownership and accountability on their platforms stability, observability, delivery & incident response
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 at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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: $105.9m
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 HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
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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