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Fullstack Software Engineer (Growth Platform)

Scribd

Skills

Required

  • GraphQL
  • experimentation
  • backend
  • backend system design
  • frontend feature development
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • SQL
  • Ruby
  • Rails
  • Kafka
  • MySQL
  • Terraform

Preferred

  • monolithic architectures
  • microservices / frontends
  • technical design
  • code reviews
  • best practice implementation

Join Scribd as a Fullstack Software Engineer on our Growth Platform team. In this role, you will design, build, and scale systems that power growth, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and stay current with industry trends. Enjoy a range of benefits including healthcare coverage, paid parental leave, and a free subscription to Scribd.

A passionate engineer who takes pride in writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code

About Scribd

Design, build, and scale shared systems that power Growth at Scribd, including self-service tooling and experimentation infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with marketers, data analysts, lifecycle teams, and other Growth engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions that enhance marketing effectiveness.
  • Participate in technical design, code reviews, and best practice implementation while identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes.
  • A strong communicator and collaborator who enjoys working with marketers, data scientists, product managers, and engineers across the Growth Pillar to develop high-leverage, self-service tools and data activation workflows

Requirements

  • Someone who thrives in both backend system design and frontend feature development
  • A pragmatic problem-solver who balances technical rigor with business needs
  • An engineer who stays current with industry trends and technologies
  • Proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

  • Understanding of database systems (SQL and NoSQL) and architectural tradeoffs
  • Communicates clearly and frequently with cross-functional partners, influencing through technical depth and collaborative decision-making

Familiarity with Ruby on Rails and its ecosystem

  • Experience designing and consuming APIs (REST, GraphQL a plus)
  • Understanding of experimentation, A/B testing, personalization systems, and the MarTech landscape
  • Experience with instrumenting and working on data integration projects, such as event tracking, data pipelines, or syncing user data between internal systems and third-party platforms
  • Have worked in a Growth Engineering or Growth Platform team at a product-led company
  • Experience with backend technologies like Redis, Kafka, MySQL, and Terraform
  • Knowledge of GraphQL and Next.js

Preferred

  • Familiarity with migrating monolithic architectures to microservices/frontends

Pay

USD 103,000 - 184,000