Software Engineer II (Fullstack), Growth Platform

Scribd•San Francisco, CA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a determined Fullstack Software Engineer to join their Growth Platform team. This role involves designing, building, and scaling shared systems that power Growth at Scribd, including self-service tooling, experimentation infrastructure, and data integrations for lifecycle marketing. The engineer will collaborate closely with marketers, data analysts, lifecycle teams, and other Growth engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions that enhance cross-channel marketing effectiveness, attribution accuracy, and customer engagement. Responsibilities include participating in technical design, code reviews, best practice implementation, and identifying system/process improvements. Key areas of focus are building intuitive self-service tools, maintaining data integrations with third-party platforms, ensuring scalability and maintainability, collaborating across teams, and proactively proposing innovative solutions.

Requirements

3+ years of professional software development experience.
Proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React.
Familiarity with Ruby on Rails and its ecosystem.
Understanding of database systems (SQL and NoSQL) and architectural tradeoffs.
Experience designing and consuming APIs (REST, GraphQL a plus).
Understanding of experimentation, A/B testing, personalization systems, and the MarTech landscape.
Communicates clearly and frequently with cross-functional partners, influencing through technical depth and collaborative decision-making.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Passionate engineer who takes pride in writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
Thrives in both backend system design and frontend feature development.
Strong communicator and collaborator who enjoys working with marketers, data scientists, product managers, and engineers across the Growth Pillar to develop high-leverage, self-service tools and data activation workflows.
Stays current with industry trends and technologies.
Pragmatic problem-solver who balances technical rigor with business needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience with instrumenting and working on data integration projects, such as event tracking, data pipelines, or syncing user data between internal systems and third-party platforms.
Have worked in a Growth Engineering or Growth Platform team at a product-led company.
Experience with backend technologies like Redis, Kafka, MySQL, and Terraform.
Knowledge of GraphQL and Next.js.
Familiarity with migrating monolithic architectures to microservices/frontends.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and scale the shared systems that power Growth at Scribd.
Build intuitive, performant self-service tools that let marketers and other teams move without engineering help.
Build and maintain integrations that share customer and event data with third-party platforms, including lifecycle marketing tools.
Ensure scalability, testability, and maintainability throughout the development process.
Collaborate across teams to drive impactful projects forward.
Stay proactive by proposing innovative solutions to technical challenges.
Participate in technical design, code reviews, and best practice implementation.

Benefits

Scribd Flex (flexible work model)
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Mental health support and disability coverage
Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals
Paid parental leave and family support benefits
Retirement matching and employee equity
Learning and development programs and professional growth opportunities
Wellness and home office stipends
Complimentary access to the Scribd, Inc. suite of products
Enterprise access to leading AI tools