17 days ago
Base Salary
$167k - $317k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define architecture, patterns, and guardrails for engineers and coding agents working across the codebase, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure.
- Set the direction and standards for Scribd’s internal tools, libraries, and developer platforms.
- Turn ambiguous cross-organizational problems into initiatives and own them from framing through delivery.
- Partner directly with the CTO and engineering leadership on the company-wide agentic engineering strategy.
- Mentor staff and senior engineers, coach teams on effective agent use, and roll out new engineering capabilities.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including time operating at the Staff or Principal level.
- Hands-on experience applying AI to real software problems and shipping, measuring, or materially advancing agentic developer tooling in production.
- Deep understanding of agent runtimes and harnesses, tool use, context management, and evaluation systems.
- Track record of organization-wide technical impact, including setting durable direction and mentoring senior and staff engineers.
- Significant experience in developer experience, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
- Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both leadership and engineers and operate effectively with ambiguity.
Benefits
- Scribd Flex flexible work model with occasional in-person attendance required and primary residence near an approved city.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, plus mental health support and disability coverage.
- Paid time off including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals.
- Paid parental leave, family support benefits, retirement matching, and employee equity.
- Learning and development programs, professional growth opportunities, wellness and home office stipends.
- Complimentary access to Scribd products and enterprise access to leading AI tools.
