Scribd

Principal Engineer ( AI + Dev Tooling)

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17 days ago
Toronto, Canada +10 moreStaff+
H1B sponsor

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.

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