Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack) - Scribd Core

Scribd
San Francisco, Ottawa, Phoenix, Toronto, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, Vancouver, San Diego, Washington, Sacramento, Seattle, Mexico City, Austin, Miami, Boston, Dallas
Full timeUSD 151,000 - 226,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Experimentation","Incident response","Code quality","Maintainability"]

Build the core Scribd reading experience for millions of daily users. Partner with Product, Design, and AI/ML teams to prototype and launch AI-powered features, including tools to synthesize research into study guides and documents. Help migrate the Ruby-on-Rails frontend into a microfrontend architecture with Next.js, create GraphQL APIs, and build distributed services in Node, Python, and Go—while improving performance, accessibility, SEO, and incident response.

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Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack) - Scribd Core

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Job Summary

Build the core Scribd reading experience for millions of daily users. Partner with Product, Design, and AI/ML teams to prototype and launch AI-powered features, including tools to synthesize research into study guides and documents. Help migrate the Ruby-on-Rails frontend into a microfrontend architecture with Next.js, create GraphQL APIs, and build distributed services in Node, Python, and Go—while improving performance, accessibility, SEO, and incident response.
Location: San Francisco, Ottawa, Phoenix, Toronto, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, Vancouver, San Diego, Washington, Sacramento, Seattle, Mexico City, Austin, Miami, Boston, Dallas
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Migrate frontend surfaces from a Ruby-on-Rails monolith to a microfrontend architecture.
  • •Collaborate with Data/ML and Content Pipeline teams to build features and improve document ingestion infrastructure.
  • •Create GraphQL APIs and contribute to improving frontend infrastructure.
  • •Build new services in Node, Python, and Go to support Core Scribd capabilities.
  • •Partner with Design and Product to build user-centered features and contribute to a shared design system while improving SEO/AEO, performance, and accessibility.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 151,000 - 226,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid LeaveParental LeaveRetirement MatchingLearning BudgetHome OfficeWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of full-stack development experience using production systems across the stack.
  • •Experience building and shipping with React and Next.js or Ruby on Rails, including the frontend monolith migration.
  • •Familiarity maintaining services in a cloud environment, including monitoring/maintaining service health and responding to incidents.
  • •Strong understanding of performance, accessibility, and SEO for user-facing experiences.
  • •Collaborative mindset working cross-functionally with Design, Product, AI/ML, and Infrastructure, with a commitment to code quality and maintainability.
Experience:6+ years
Skills:CollaborationExperimentationIncident responseCode qualityMaintainability
Tech Stack:Ruby-on-RailsReactNext.jsMicrofrontendGraphQLNodePythonGoAI/MLGenerative AI

Company Brief

Scribd
Scribd operates a subscription-based digital library offering unlimited access to books, audiobooks, magazines, and documents. The platform provides personalized recommendations and distribution tools for authors and publishers worldwide.
Industry: Publishing
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2007
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