Software Engineer II (Backend + Data pipelines) at Scribd

Scribd offers Scribd Flex, allowing employees in partnership with their manager to choose a daily work-style that suits their needs, balancing individual flexibility and community connections. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all employees to build collaboration, culture, and connection, regardless of location.

The role requires strong backend development experience, expertise in designing, building, and optimizing distributed systems, and the ability to work with data pipelines at massive scale. Experience at the intersection of machine learning, data engineering, and distributed systems is essential, along with collaboration skills.

Scribd supports a culture where employees can be real and bold, debate and commit while embracing plot twists, and are empowered to take action prioritizing the customer. They hire for GRIT, emphasizing Goals, Results, Innovation, and Team collaboration.

The team powers metadata extraction, enrichment, and content understanding across Scribd brands, processing hundreds of millions of documents and billions of images. They deliver high-quality metadata for content discovery and trust, working with ML, data engineering, and distributed systems at massive scale.

Strong candidates demonstrate GRIT by setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and positively influencing the Team. They should have strong backend experience and passion for complex data challenges at scale.