Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack) Scribd Core

Scribd Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products Scribd Slideshare Everand and Fable help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight application and expertise.

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.

We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection. Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd Inc. employees regardless of location.

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. For us it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals delivering Results within your role contributing Innovative ideas and solutions and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

This posting reflects an approved open position within the organization.

About the team and role

• Shape the core experience for 10M daily readers. Join the team behind Scribds primary reading experience and directly impact how millions of users explore and learn from our 300000 document corpus.

• Experiment at the intersection of product and AI. Partner closely with Product Design and AI/ML teams to rapidly prototype and launch experiments that elevate engagement and comprehension on the document reading page.

• Build new creative experiences from 01. Help develop innovative tools that empower users to synthesize research and produce study guides presentations and documents all enhanced by generative AI.

• Improve SEO and AEO. Work with our SEO PM to improve search and answer engine traffic to the Core Scribd pages.

• Modernize our tech stack for the future. Lead efforts to decompose our Ruby-on-Rails monolith into a modern modular Microfrontend architecture powered by and a distributed backend.

What you will do

• Help migrate frontend surfaces from a Ruby-on-Rails monolith to a microfrontend

• Collaborate with our Data/ML and Content Pipeline teams to build new features and make improvements to our document ingestion infrastructure

• Create new GraphQL APIs

• Build new services in Node Python Go

• Collaborate with Design and PM

• Contribute to a shared design system

• Make contributions to improving our frontend infrastructure

Experience we value

• 6 years of full-stack development experience. Our frontend monolith is built with Ruby-on-Rails and React we will be migrating pieces of it to in the latter half of this year. Youve built and shipped production systems across the stack using React and or Ruby on Rails.

• Familiarity with maintaining services in a cloud environment. We own the document search service among others on Core Scribd. Were looking for you to be familiar with monitoring/maintaining service health and responding to incidents.

• Understanding of performance accessibility and SEO. Youre passionate about building fast inclusive and discoverable experiences

• Collaborative mindset. You thrive in cross-functional environments and enjoy working closely with Design Product AI/ML and Infrastructure to deliver high-quality user-centered features.

• Commitment to code quality and maintainability. You take pride in writing clean well-documented and extensible code setting a high bar for engineering quality across the organization.

Ideally you have

• In addition to the above we occasionally work with Node and Go services.

At Scribd Inc. 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 $151000 minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California to $226000 maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California.

In the United States outside of California the reasonably expected salary range is between $124000 minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California to $214500 maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California.

In Canada the reasonably expected salary range is between $157500 CADminimum salary in our lowest geographic market to $201000 CADmaximum 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 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.

Are you currently based in a location where Scribd Inc. can employ you
Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities. This includes surrounding metro areas or locations within a typical commuting distance:

United States:

Atlanta Austin Boston Dallas Denver Chicago Houston Jacksonville Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix Portland Sacramento Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Washington D.C.

Canada:

Ottawa Toronto Vancouver

Mexico:

Mexico City

Benefits at Scribd Inc.

• Scribd Flex (flexible work model)

• 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

• Complimentary access to the Scribd Inc. suite of products

• Enterprise access to leading AI tools

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