Senior Android Engineer (Fable Core) at Scribd, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$124,000–$226,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level Android engineering role focused on Fable, a book-discovery and reader-community app. The position involves leading Android architecture decisions, designing and shipping features using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, and improving app performance and stability. It suits an experienced Android developer with a strong consumer-app background who is comfortable mentoring peers and collaborating closely with product and design teams.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,750 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 1,150–4,900
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Compensation is quoted as a geographic range across multiple markets. The US range spans $124,000 (lowest non-CA market) to $226,000 (highest CA market, San Francisco); the bottom of the pay band/max reflect the full US span. A separate Canada range of $157,000–$201,000 CAD is also stated.
The role is Scribd Flex (remote-first) but requires occasional in-person attendance; remote=true is appropriate as the primary workstyle.
MVVM and MVI are listed as interchangeable architecture pattern options ('such as MVVM or MVI'); captured as a single skill with MVI as an alternative.
Firebase is listed under the 'It's a plus if you also have' section alongside subscription-oriented flows experience — treated as preferred.
AI/agentic coding tools appear both in the main requirements framing ('keen to apply AI coding tools') and as a 'big plus' in the preferred section; the main-body mention is aspirational in tone ('keen to'), so treated as preferred overall.
The role is open to candidates in the US, Canada, and Mexico City; the CBSA is set to San Francisco as the company's stated highest/primary US market.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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