Senior Backend Engineer

Scribe
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving"]

Senior Backend Engineer on the Core Engineering Team building and maintaining backend features in a Django monolith for document viewing, editing, embeds, and exports. You’ll optimize performance, collaborate with product/design/frontend, contribute to architecture discussions, and uphold strong testing and observability practices to support millions of users and high-scale workflows.

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Scribe
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7 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Engineer on the Core Engineering Team building and maintaining backend features in a Django monolith for document viewing, editing, embeds, and exports. You’ll optimize performance, collaborate with product/design/frontend, contribute to architecture discussions, and uphold strong testing and observability practices to support millions of users and high-scale workflows.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and ship backend features in our Django monolith, spanning core document workflows (viewing, editing, embeds, exports) as well as new greenfield projects that expand what Scribe can do
  • •Improve performance and reliability by optimizing database queries, endpoints, and caching layers across critical user workflows
  • •Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver intuitive and reliable experiences at scale
  • •Contribute to technical discussions within the team, balancing short-term delivery with longer-term architectural evolution
  • •Uphold strong engineering practices through thoughtful code reviews, solid test coverage, and attention to observability and performance

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kParental LeaveRemote WorkPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience building backend applications at high scale and availability
  • •Extensive experience with Python
  • •Ability to optimize endpoint performance and database queries
  • •Strong advocate for automated testing
  • •Experience implementing engineering best practices
Experience:5+ yearsSaaSStartupCloud
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonDjangoPostgreSQLRedisCeleryAmazonMQTerraformAWS

Company Brief

Scribe
Creates Scribe, a SaaS tool that automatically generates step-by-step guides and documentation from user workflows, capturing screenshots and annotations to streamline onboarding, training, and knowledge sharing for teams.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2020
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