Software Engineer (Backend), Content Foundations
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About the role
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 scoped. In 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.
What you'll bring
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including exposure to production-scale systems.
- Experience with backend services, data pipelines, or content-processing systems, depth in any one of these is enough.
- Comfortable working with messy data and building systems resilient to real-world inputs.
- Proficient in at least one of Ruby, Python, or Go, and willing to ramp up on the others (our stack includes all three).
- Working familiarity with AWS (e.g., Lambda, SQS/SNS, S3) or similar cloud resources.
- Comfortable working with relational databases (SQL).
- Clear written and verbal communicator, able to collaborate with teammates and partner teams.
- Collaborative and curious, eager to learn from peers and contribute back.
- Experience with document formats (PDF, ebooks, markdown) and internals (parsing, OCR, transformation).
- Familiarity with ML/AI systems (embeddings, chunking, retrieval pipelines).
- If you’re interested in building the foundation for the next generation of content systems, powering discovery, personalization, AI, and richer experiences across Scribd products while learning from and contributing to a strong, collaborative team, we’d love to hear from you.
- At Scribd, Inc., your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range.