Principal Engineer ( AI + Dev Tooling)

The role

You will define how Scribd builds software as AI changes the work. You will own the technical vision for agentic engineering and set the direction for internal tools, libraries, and platforms.

What you will do

• Decide the architecture, patterns, and guardrails for engineers and coding agents.
• Set the direction for internal tools, libraries, and platforms.
• Partner with engineering leaders to turn ambiguous problems into initiatives.
• Mentor staff and senior engineers.
• Coach teams to get more out of agents in their workflows.
• Roll out new capabilities throughout engineering.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, including time operating at the Staff or Principal level
• Hands-on experience applying AI to real software problems
• Experience shipping, measuring, or moving agentic developer tooling in production
• Depth in the mechanics of agentic systems: agent runtimes and harnesses, tool use and context management, and evals
• Track record of organization-wide technical impact
• Significant time in developer experience, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering

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

Before you apply

• Employees must have their primary residence in or near specific cities in the United States, Canada, or Mexico

About the company

Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding through products like Scribd, Slideshare, Everand, and Fable.