Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

The role

You will design, build, and operate core Rust services for the Content Library. You will own features end-to-end and lead cross-functional projects to drive performance and cost-efficiency.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate the Content Library's core Rust services
• Own features end-to-end from technical design through production operations
• Evolve the Python userland and support engineers through code reviews and APIs
• Lead cross-functional projects with ML, search, product, and data teams
• Drive performance and cost-efficiency across the stack
• Strengthen the platform's governance capabilities
• Raise the engineering bar through mentorship and design reviews

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend, distributed, or data-intensive systems
• Production experience writing Rust
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Deep understanding of storage and data fundamentals including S3, Apache Parquet/Arrow, and PostgreSQL and/or MySQL
• Track record of designing and operating high-throughput, low-latency services
• Demonstrated technical leadership
• Experience with AWS (S3, Lambda, ECS, Aurora) and infrastructure-as-code workflows (Terraform)
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Direct experience with Apache DataFusion, arrow-rs, or the parquet crate
• Contributions to open source in the Rust data ecosystem
• Experience with data governance at scale
• A FinOps mindset
• Experience building platforms that other engineers build on
• Recent, hands-on investment in agentic engineering practices

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 one of the listed 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.