Staff Mobile Engineer, Scribd
Native Mobile Automation
$137-269.5k
+ Equity. Salary shown for US. For Canada: $172,500 - $255,250 CAD. Salary is dependent on geographic market
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E-book and audiobook subscription service
Open for applications
E-book and audiobook subscription service
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$137-269.5k
+ Equity. Salary shown for US. For Canada: $172,500 - $255,250 CAD. Salary is dependent on geographic market
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To revolutionize the way the world reads and learns.
Role
Who you are
- IOS: Extensive experience with automation frameworks such as XCUITest, or similar native iOS automation tools
- Android: Proficiency with Espresso, UIAutomator, and/or other Android-specific automation frameworks
- Swift for iOS
- Kotlin or Java for Android
- Familiarity with other languages like Python, JavaScript, or Ruby for writing cross-platform automation or auxiliary tooling
- Experience integrating automated tests into Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, Bitrise, or GitLab CI
- Understanding of mobile-specific build tools like Gradle (for Android) and Xcode Build or Fastlane (for iOS)
- Device & Cloud Testing:Experience with cloud-based device testing platforms such as Firebase Test Lab, AWS Device Farm, Sauce Labs, or BrowserStack for mobile automation
- Performance & Load Testing:Experience in using performance testing tools for mobile apps, such as Perfetto, Firebase Performance Monitoring, or Instruments for iOS
- API Testing:Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman, RestAssured, or Karate, and the ability to integrate API tests with mobile test suites
- Database and Query Languages:SQL Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of SQL for querying structured data in relational databases.Ability to write complex queries and optimize SQL for performance in cloud data warehouses (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery)
- Experience with setting up and configuring Datadog to monitor infrastructure, applications, and services
- Proficiency in using Datadog to set up dashboards, monitors, and alerts for real-time system health and performance monitoring
- Experience with Datadog Log Management for collecting, indexing, and analyzing logs from distributed systems
- Experience with setting up alerts in Datadog based on thresholds or anomaly detection, ensuring timely identification of performance degradation or system failures
- Proficiency in integrating Datadog with incident response tools like PagerDuty, or Slack for real-time notifications and escalations
- Strong experience in creating custom Datadog dashboards that visualize critical metrics, logs, and traces, providing insights into system health and performance
What the job involves
- Quality Engineering team is seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer (SWE) with a strong focus on Quality Engineering to lead our efforts in designing and implementing enterprise-level automation frameworks, driving strategic quality initiatives, and ensuring our software meets the highest standards of quality and reliability
- As a key player in shaping the quality strategy at Scribd, this role will focus on scalability, automation, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous innovation in tooling and testing practices
- Opportunity to Shape Quality Strategy: Play a key role in shaping the company’s overall approach to quality and testing, influencing product development strategies at the highest levels
- Continuous Innovation: Continue driving innovation in quality engineering by exploring new technologies and methodologies to enhance team effectiveness
- Collaborative Environment: Join a culture of collaboration, where your expertise will have a significant impact on how we deliver high-quality products to our customers
- Lead the design and implementation of native mobile enterprise-level automation frameworks and tools that are scalable, reliable, and easy to use across the organization
- Set the strategic direction for quality engineering within Scribd, aligning automation goals and testing methodologies with the company's broader objectives
- Collaborate closely with product, development, and operations teams to ensure quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle
- Act as a quality advocate across the organization, aligning teams to maintain high standards in every release
- Spearhead innovation in the development of testing tools and frameworks to meet the evolving needs of the engineering organization
- Continuously improve and evolve the testing infrastructure, making it easier and more efficient for developers to write and maintain tests
- Define and implement advanced quality metrics that provide data-driven insights into product health and quality
- Take full ownership of the release process, from setting testing criteria to validating and releasing code
- Ensure that every release meets Scribd’s highest quality standards
- Mentor and coach senior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration
- Serve as a strategic consultant within the organization, offering expert guidance on test plans, testing strategies, and overall quality initiatives
- Provide leadership on quality best practices and act as a thought leader for the engineering community at Scribd
- Oversee the triaging and resolution of production incidents, ensuring root causes are identified and mitigated.Take the lead on defining and enforcing cherry-pick and hotfix criteria for swift and efficient management of production issues
- Drive efforts to meet automation coverage goals, while also focusing on reducing test flakiness and ensuring the robustness of the test suite
- Continuously monitor and report automation progress, identifying areas for improvement
- Develop processes to integrate customer feedback into the testing strategy, ensuring that test scenarios address areas frequently reported by users
- Perform root cause analysis of negative customer reviews, collaborating with development, product, and UX teams to propose actionable improvements
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
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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