Scribd
Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Everand Core
San Francisco · Staff+ · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 10 days ago
GoRubyScalaCI/CDMachine LearningA/B TestingLeadershipCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- So what are we looking for in new team members?
- At Scribd, Inc., we hire for "GRIT." Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Raise the ceiling for the team through PR review, mentorship, pairing, and by setting a high bar on design, testing, and ops.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence while driving scalable, resilient, and observable systems that let teams move fast, simplify complexity, and deliver with confidence.
- You bring significant experience in backend engineering, with a strong track record building and scaling distributed systems.
- You thrive in cross-functional collaboration, holding your own with senior PM, design, and ML partners, and caring more about the system landing well than about being right.
- You enjoy mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and contributing to cross-team initiatives, including architecture review groups and design discussions that shape Scribd's engineering culture.
- You care deeply about the users; understanding what makes Everand impactful in their daily lives and translating that empathy into the systems you build.
Requirements
- Our four products - Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable - help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise.
- Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities.
Skills
- This posting reflects an approved, open position within the organization.
- About the team and role
- About the Role…
Compensation
- At Scribd, Inc., your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Mental health support and disability coverage
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals
- Paid parental leave and family support benefits
- Retirement matching and employee equity
- Learning and development programs and professional growth opportunities
- Wellness and home office stipends
- Own backend reliability and platform health, including staging, CI/CD, databases, queues, cost, and observability.
- Scribd Flex (flexible work model)
This listing is sourced directly from Scribd's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.