Senior iOS Engineer, Scribd

• A passionate iOS engineer who takes pride in writing clean, maintainable, and scalable Swift code
• A technical owner who sets direction, breaks large projects into clear steps, and unblocks others
• A collaborator who communicates early and often with cross-functional partners to align on goals and tradeoffs
• A pragmatic problem-solver who balances technical rigor with business impact
• An engineer who cares deeply about users and turns that care into the features they build
• 5+ years of experience shipping iOS apps to the public, including consumer apps at scale
• Strong proficiency in Swift, with deep experience in SwiftUI and UIKit
• Comfort working in a mature codebase that still has Objective-C
• Experience building in-app purchase or subscription features with StoreKit, and knowledge of the App Store rules that apply to them
• Experience designing, building, and consuming APIs (REST, GraphQL a plus)
• A track record of addressing technical debt and migrating code to newer technologies without slowing delivery
• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead technical initiatives in a collaborative environment
• Primary: Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit
• Secondary: Objective-C
• Payments: StoreKit and StoreKit 2, App Store subscriptions
• Testing: XCTest, XCUITest (or similar)
• API Integration: RESTful APIs, JSON, GraphQL
• Tooling: Xcode, Git, and iOS CI/CD

Desirable

• We are seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to join our Growth Retention & Monetization team. You will be the iOS technical owner for the team across the Everand and Scribd apps, and lead the subscription, paywall, and retention features that drive revenue
• You will build in-app purchase flows with StoreKit, ship A/B experiments, and partner with backend, web, and Android engineers on shared subscription systems. You will also improve app stability, pay down technical debt, and mentor the engineers around you
• 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
• The Growth organization drives user engagement and business impact across the customer journey. The Retention & Monetization team focuses on conversion flows, subscription management, and retention experiences that maximize long-term value for our users. On mobile, that means we own how people start, manage, and keep their subscriptions: paywalls, in-app purchases, plan changes, cancellation and save flows, and the experiments behind them. Our work ties directly to revenue and retention