Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Slideshare Team

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March 9, 2026
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Job Description

Company: Scribd, Inc.
Location: U.S. & Canada – eligible metro areas; remote-flex with occasional in-person requirements
Experience Level: 8+ years

Role Overview

Scribd is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to design, build, and improve the features and systems behind Slideshare’s user experiences. This role blends frontend, backend, and AI/ML integration, giving you end-to-end ownership of the user-facing platform.

You’ll work on modern web technologies (React, Next.js, GraphQL, TypeScript/JavaScript, CSS) and integrate with a Ruby on Rails backend, including collaboration on AI/LLM-driven projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to technical decisions across the full stack, with a focus on frontend architecture while understanding backend Rails systems.
  • Build and ship new features ensuring performance, accessibility, and maintainability.
  • Integrate backend services with modern frontend frameworks to create cohesive user experiences.
  • Collaborate with ML teams to implement AI/LLM-powered features.
  • Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and mentorship of other engineers.
  • Improve application reliability, performance, and observability using logging, metrics, dashboards, and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, Sentry).
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automation to enhance developer productivity.
  • Optimize performance across both frontend (rendering, caching, asset delivery) and backend (queries, response efficiency).

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software development experience with full-stack expertise.
  • Strong frontend skills: React.js, Next.js, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, CSS.
  • Solid backend skills: Ruby on Rails, REST/GraphQL APIs, data models, server-side logic.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, ElastiCache, CloudWatch.
  • Experience with observability practices: logging, metrics, dashboards, and alerting.
  • Ability to contribute to technical decisions and architecture discussions.
  • Strong sense of ownership, attention to detail, and ability to ship high-quality work in a fast-moving environment.
  • Excellent communication skills for remote collaboration and cross-functional teamwork.

Compensation

  • United States (CA): $146,000 – $228,000
  • United States (outside CA): $120,000 – $216,000
  • Canada: $152,500 CAD – $194,000 CAD
  • Eligible for equity ownership and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

  • Scribd Flex: Flexible work model balancing remote and in-person collaboration.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and mental health support.
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals.
  • Paid parental leave and family support benefits.
  • Retirement matching, equity options, and professional development programs.
  • Wellness & home office stipends, plus complimentary access to Scribd products.

Ideal Candidate

  • Experienced full-stack engineer with strong frontend and backend skills.
  • Comfortable working with AI/ML integrations.
  • Customer and product-focused, with a track record of delivering scalable, high-performance systems.
  • Collaborative, communicates clearly, and thrives in remote-first, flexible environments.