Software Engineer II, Devloper Tooling

About The Company

At Scribd (pronounced “scribbed”), our mission is to spark human curiosity. Join our team as we create a world of stories and knowledge, democratize the exchange of ideas and information, and empower collective expertise through our three products: Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare.

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.

When it comes to workplace structure, we believe in balancing individual flexibility and community connections. It’s through our flexible work benefit, Scribd Flex, that employees – in partnership with their manager – can choose the daily work-style that best suits their individual needs. A key tenet of Scribd Flex is our prioritization of intentional in-person moments to build collaboration, culture, and connection. For this reason, occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd employees, regardless of their location.

So what are we looking for in new team members? Well, we hire for “GRIT”. The textbook definition of GRIT is demonstrating the intersection of passion and perseverance towards long term goals. At Scribd, we are inspired by the potential that this can unlock, and ask each of our employees to pursue a GRIT-ty approach to their work. In a tactical sense, GRIT is also a handy acronym that outlines the standards we hold ourselves and each other to. Here’s what that means for you: we’re looking for someone who showcases the ability to set and achieve Goals, achieve Results within their job responsibilities, contribute Innovative ideas and solutions, and positively influence the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

About The Team and Role

The Developer Tooling team empowers and supports Scribd engineers throughout the software development lifecycle. As a software engineer on our Developer Tooling team, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the developer experience at Scribd. You will focus on building, maintaining, and improving tools and frameworks that streamline development workflows. This includes modernizing tooling, optimizing build processes, and enhancing development capabilities. You will collaborate with other engineers to identify bottlenecks and implement solutions that increase efficiency and productivity.

What You’ll Do

• Create and maintain internal libraries, components, and utilities used by Scribd engineers
• Make improvements to our AWS infrastructure, including application networking and traffic routing, using Terraform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve developer experience pain points

Key Attributes

• 4+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Curiosity-driven individual with a growth mindset
• Comfortable navigating DevOps workflows and modern cloud infrastructure

Experience We Value

• Developer tooling CLIs
• Infrastructure as code and cloud automation experience, including AWS and Terraform
• Application networking, traffic routing, CDN configuration, and caching strategies
• Observability, performance profiling, and optimization

What Sets You Apart

• A passion for improving developer experience and productivity
• A thoughtful approach to platform engineering that balances stability, speed, and simplicity

Compensation

At Scribd, 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 $126,000 to $196,000. In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary