Engineering Manager, Mobile

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 teamOur Mobile Engineering organization plays a pivotal role in enhancing the experience of our 2 million subscribers through our Everand and Scribd mobile apps, each of which is available on both iOS and Android platforms. 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. Meanwhile, the Scribd app provides access to an extensive collection of over 100 million user-uploaded documents, including PDFs and other formats.

About the roleReporting to our Senior Manager for Mobile Engineering, you will manage a cross-platform team of mobile engineers (iOS and Android), with accountability for their career development as well as the success of their projects. In addition, you will collaborate with the Senior Manager and other engineering leaders on engineering excellence, in particular around quality, performance, and engineering velocity. You will collaborate with the Senior Manager and the mobile engineers on how to modernize our technology and manage technical debt, and with our product design and product management teams on how to continuously improve the experience of our users.

Required Skills

• Manage, coach and mentor your ICs 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.
• Collaborate 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 our mobile engineers are building a platform in the best ways, with the best tools.
• Ensure the mobile engineers are demonstrating ownership and accountability on their platforms stability, observability, delivery & incident response.
• Contribute to build tooling and developer productivity.
• Deep background in at least one of the mobile platforms (iOS or Android).Ability to organize and manage large, complex, multi-month software projects that span multiple teams.
• Ability to engage in deep technical discussions around software architecture and technology choices.
• Professional experience with multiple programming languages and platforms.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of experience building and delivering software products.
• At least 2 years of experience as a manager.
• A working knowledge of building native mobile applications on iOS and/or AndroidExperience building native mobile applications on at least one major mobile platform.
• Experience collaborating with designers, product managers, and other engineering leaders.
• A history of growing teams and building leaders.

About You

• You are experienced in leading, coaching and mentoring software development teams that deliver stable, high quality software.
• You know what a highly functional engineering team looks like and how to grow leaders that can develop them.
• You have a technical background, are able to contribute to planning and design discussions, and believe in building teams and practices that scale.
• You can motivate and instill a strong sense of ownership and pride in your teams and managers. You know and care about software engineering best practices; perhaps a little too much.
• You can work with Product and other stakeholders to deliver quick results while also driving longer-term initiatives.
• You can plan and deliver a roadmap, and grow leaders that can do the same.
• You are known for clear and succinct communication, and are able to represent your team to all audiences. You are an empathetic manager that enjoys working with people and deeply cares about growing people and their careers.