Senior Frontend Engineer, Scribd

$117.5-231k

+ Equity in all locations; For Canadian applicants: $147,500 CAD - $219,500 CAD; Salary dependent on location within the US and Canada

React
JavaScript
GraphQL
Kafka
Redis
Terraform
MySQL
Next.js
Senior level
Remote in Canada, US

More information about location

Scribd

E-book and audiobook subscription service

Open for applications

Scribd

E-book and audiobook subscription service

201-500 employees

B2CLearningEntertainmentSocial

Open for applications

$117.5-231k

+ Equity in all locations; For Canadian applicants: $147,500 CAD - $219,500 CAD; Salary dependent on location within the US and Canada

React
JavaScript
GraphQL
Kafka
Redis
Terraform
MySQL
Next.js
Senior level
Remote in Canada, US

More information about location

201-500 employees

B2CLearningEntertainmentSocial

Company mission

To revolutionize the way the world reads and learns.

Role

Who you are

  • Expert-level understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks, especially React
  • Proven experience in architecting and building large-scale, consumer-facing web applications
  • A strong focus on creating value for our customers and a user-centric approach
  • A passion for continuous improvement, with a track record of leaving every project better than you found it
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; as a remote company, we rely heavily on documentation and clear communication
  • A leadership mindset with the ability to mentor, guide, and inspire other engineers
  • Strong opinions, loosely held, on frontend architecture and best practices, with the ability to influence and drive consensus across the team
  • Deep knowledge of APIs to collaborate effectively with server-side engineers and contribute to API design discussions
  • Extensive experience solving complex caching, observability, and performance challenges in modern web applications
  • A commitment to lifelong learning and professional growth
  • A vision for making a significant impact on the future and direction of the product

Desirable

  • Deep familiarity with backend technologies like Redis, Kafka, MySQL, and Terraform
  • Extensive SEO experience: working with large-scale sites to optimize crawl, performance, etc
  • Frontend: GraphQL, Next.js
  • Experience leading the migration of monolithic codebases to microservices/front-ends
  • Proven experience in Design System/Component UI library creation and management

What the job involves

  • Millions of active users discover our family of products (Scribd, Everand, and Slideshare) every day in order to learn, grow, and enjoy the latest premium books, audiobooks, podcasts, and more
  • This team is responsible for these core customer experiences on the web, including browsing, consumption, library management, and SEO. If you’re interested in a high-visibility role where your work will be seen and enjoyed by millions of engaged readers, this is the team for you!
  • We’re looking for highly experienced, communicative engineers to help empower our readers to indulge their curiosities and expand their knowledge by building exceptional products and user experiences
  • In this senior role, you will not only be responsible for delivering high-quality frontend solutions but also for leading technical discussions, setting standards, and mentoring other engineers
  • Our cross-functional squad involves deep collaboration with other engineering teams, designers, and product managers, so confidence, accountability, and excellent communication skills are paramount
  • While your primary focus will be on the frontend, your role will also involve strategic contributions that impact the overall architecture and direction of our web applications
  • You will be expected to lead full-cycle frontend software development, advising on technical design, reviewing code, and driving best practices across the team
  • As a senior engineer, you'll be proactive in identifying areas for improvement, proposing innovative solutions, and ensuring the maintainability and scalability of the codebase
  • You'll consider testability, upgradeability, scalability, and observability throughout the development process

Our take

The world's biggest site for social reading and publishing, Scribd's website has over 250 million unique visitors each month and a vast content library, consisting of over 200 million audiobooks, magazines, ebooks and newspapers as well as media created by the Scribd community.

While Scribd is the largest social reading site, it is not alone in offering this kind of media. It competes against some major players, the largest of which are Amazon's Kindle and Audible offerings, but also includes the likes of BookMate and the non-profit Internet Archive. Where it stands aside is in its feature-rich reader and the sheer diversity of its library, which, thanks to partnerships with several major publishers, features numerous popular titles as well as a range of independent creators.

Further differentiating it from competitors, the company taken a firm stand on social issues, in particular the recent wave of book bannings taking place across the United States. By making the banned titles freely available it hopes to do its part in preserving literary freedom. With this tendency showing no signs of slowing down, Scribd's intervention in this area could prove to be important.

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Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

0% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Nov 2019

$58m

LATE VC

Jan 2015

$22m

LATE VC

Total funding: $105.8m

Company benefits

  • Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • Short-term/long-term disability plans
  • 401k/RSP matching
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Learning & Development programs
  • Quarterly stipend for Wellness, Connectivity & Comfort
  • Mental Health support & resources
  • Free subscription to Scribd + gift memberships for friends & family
  • Referral Bonuses
  • Book Benefit
  • Sabbaticals
  • Company wide events
  • Team engagement budgets
  • Vacation & Personal Days
  • Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
  • Flexible Sick Time
  • Volunteer Day
  • Company-wide Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programs

Company values

  • Community -- Community and culture are paramount at Scribd. We curate meaningful moments to bring employees together for connection, collaboration and celebration
  • Characters with character -- We believe diverse stories and backgrounds are what make Scribd great. From sourcing candidates all the way to extending offers, our hiring practices prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Growth Mentality -- We believe that ongoing training and development bring out the best in our employees and our company as a whole.

Company HQ

China Basin, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Having studied at Harvard until 2006, they co-founded Scribd in March 2017. They have worked as CEO ever since then.

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