Staff iOS Engineer

At Scribd (pronounced “scribbed”), our mission is to spark human curiosity. Join our team as we create a world of stories and knowledge, democratize the exchange of ideas and information, and empower collective expertise through our three products: Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare. 

We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer.

Our flexible work benefit - Scribd Flex - enables employees, in partnership with their manager, to choose the daily work-style that best suits their individual needs. As an organization, we prioritize collaboration and intentional in-person moments to build culture and connection. For this reason, occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd employees, regardless of their location.

About the team

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. 

About the role

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).

Required Skills

• 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.

Desired Skills

• SwiftUI

• Objective C

• Building and maintaining XCode CI/CD pipelines

• Web Technologies: Javascript, JSON, REST, etc.

• Graph

• QLTest automation

At Scribd, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United States. In the state of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $167,000 [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California] to $269,500 [maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California]. 

In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $137,000 [minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California] to $256,250 [maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California]. 

In Canada, the reasonably expected salary range is between $171,500 CAD[minimum salary in our lowest geographic market] to $254,000 CAD[maximum salary in our highest geographic market]. 

We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership, and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

Benefits, Perks, and Wellbeing at Scribd

*Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Scribd and the geographical location where you work.

• 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

Want to learn more about life at Scribd? www.linkedin.com/company/scribd/life

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We want our interview process to be accessible to everyone. You can inform us of any reasonable adjustments we can make to better accommodate your needs by emailing accommodations [@] scribd.com about the need for adjustments at any point in the interview process.

Scribd is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply, and believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.

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Remote employees must have their primary residence in: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Ontario (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), or Mexico.

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