Senior Backend Engineer, Core Product

Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to own their specialized intelligence: the unique way their teams work, decide, and get things done. Our Specialized Intelligence platform automatically captures how work happens and turns it into a living asset that helps people and AI agents do their best work.

We're growing fast, since our founding in 2019, we've grown to 7 million users across 600,000 businesses. Based in San Francisco, we've been named a LinkedIn Top Startup, are valued at over $1 billion, and are backed by leading investors. Join us in our mission to transform how people do work.

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Core Product Engineering team, which powers some of the most essential experiences at Scribe: document viewing and editing, embedding and exporting content, and supporting key integrations. Millions of users rely on these workflows every day.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of impactful projects — from evolving critical document features to building new greenfield systems — and collaborate across the stack to deliver high-quality product experiences. As a backend engineer, you’ll bring depth to our systems, influence technical discussions, and help raise the bar for engineering excellence within the team.

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  Build and ship backend features in our Django monolith, spanning core document workflows (viewing, editing, embeds, exports) as well as new greenfield projects that expand what Scribe can do

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  Improve performance and reliability by optimizing database queries, endpoints, and caching layers across critical user workflows

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  Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver intuitive and reliable experiences at scale

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  Contribute to technical discussions within the team, balancing short-term delivery with longer-term architectural evolution

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  Uphold strong engineering practices through thoughtful code reviews, solid test coverage, and attention to observability and performance

• You have 5+ years of experience building backend applications at high scale and availability

• You have extensive experience with Python

• You know how to optimize endpoint performance and database queries

• You’re a strong advocate for automated testing

• You’ve seen and can implement engineering best practices

• You’re user-centric, empathetic, and passionate about your work

• Experience with Django (not required, but a big plus)

• Startup experience (not required, but we build and move fast!)

• Python + Django

• PostgreSQL

• Redis

• Celery + AmazonMQ

• Infrastructure in Terraform (AWS)

Hybrid. Based in San Francisco. We work from the office 3 days per week.

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