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Scribd, Inc. · 4 hours ago

Staff Mobile Engineer (Native Mobile Automation)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$167K/yr - $270K/yr

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Responsibilities

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.

Qualification

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Quality EngineeringAutomation FrameworksIOS Automation (XCUITest)Android Automation (Espresso)SwiftKotlinJavaCI/CD JenkinsCI/CD CircleCIPerformance Testing ToolsAPI Testing ToolsSQL ProficiencyDatadogMonitoringObservabilityPythonJavaScriptRubyGradleXcode BuildFirebase Test LabAWS Device FarmSauce LabsBrowserStackPostmanRestAssuredIncident Response Tools

Required

Extensive experience with automation frameworks such as XCUITest, or similar native iOS automation tools.

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).

Experience with cloud-based device testing platforms such as Firebase Test Lab, AWS Device Farm, Sauce Labs, or BrowserStack for mobile automation.

Experience in using performance testing tools for mobile apps, such as Perfetto, Firebase Performance Monitoring, or Instruments for iOS.

Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman, RestAssured, or Karate, and the ability to integrate API tests with mobile test suites.

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.

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

Scribd, Inc.

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Scribd, Inc. makes knowledge and information accessible to everyone across three unique products: Everand™, Scribd®, and SlideShare®.

Founded in 2007

San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.scribd.com

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