Senior Frontend Engineer (Discovery Applications), React

About The Company:

At Scribd Inc. (pronounced scribbed) our mission is to spark human curiosity. Join our team as we create a world of stories and knowledge democratize the exchange of ideas and information and empower collective expertise through our four products: Everand Scribd Slideshare and Fable.

This posting reflects an approved open position within the organization.

We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer.

When it comes to workplace structure we believe in balancing individual flexibility and community connections. Its through our flexible work benefit Scribd Flex that employees in partnership with their manager can choose the daily work-style that best suits their individual needs. A key tenet of Scribd Flex is our prioritization of intentional in-person moments to build collaboration culture and connection. For this reason occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd Inc. employees regardless of their location.

So what are we looking for in new team members Well we hire for GRIT. The textbook definition of GRIT is demonstrating the intersection of passion and perseverance towards long term goals. At Scribd Inc. we are inspired by the potential that this can unlock and ask each of our employees to pursue a GRIT-ty approach to their a tactical sense GRIT is also a handy acronym that outlines the standards we hold ourselves and each other to. Heres what that means for you: were looking for someone who showcases the ability to set and achieve Goals achieve Results within their job responsibilities contribute Innovative ideas and solutions and positively influence the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

About the Discovery Applications Team

Discovery Applications is the face of Scribds Machine Learning and Discovery Engineering Division. It is dedicated to building the customer-facing web experiences that power our cutting-edge search recommendations and generative AI features. This full stack team builds and owns the end-to-end discovery experience across Scribd and Everand turning machine learning capabilities into intuitive customer-facing features.

Joining this team means you will play a key role in delivering the user value of the pioneering machine learning work creating tangible impacts through exceptional user experiences.

As a Frontend Engineer on Discovery Applications

Our cross-functional squads often involve deep collaboration with other engineering teams designers and product managers. Your excellent communication both in meetings and asynchronously via slack will be a key tool in driving success.

This role predominantly focuses on the frontend but comfort and knowledge of the full tech stack is a must as this role works closely with backend and ML engineers to build our complete product. You will build the user-facing experiences that are powered by Machine Learning and Generative AI.

Full-cycle software development will be your primary function but well expect you to contribute in a number of ways including advising on others technical design reviewing code participating in interviews and mentoring less experienced engineers.

When you are building software youll be doing more than just coding a ticket that is handed to you. Youll contribute to the code strategy architecture implementation delivery and operation of systems end-to-end. Youll consider testability upgradeability scalability and observability throughout the development process.

Must Have Skills and Experience

• 35 years building and shipping customer-facing frontend applications with React and TypeScript

• Strong grasp of modern frontend fundamentals: state management component architecture accessibility testing and UI quality

• Experience integrating frontends with APIs (REST/GraphQL) and comfort working in a Rails-backed product environment

• Ability to build high-quality interactive experiences (including real-time/streaming UI patterns) with attention to UX polish

• Strong understanding of web performance (profiling bundling rendering caching) and a track record of improving it in production

• Comfortable working in a codebase with shared patterns (monorepos shared UI libraries or platform constraints) and collaborating across teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication; thrives in a remote documentation-driven culture

• Highly collaborative: partners closely with product design and backend to deliver end-to-end features

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

• Excited to build AI-powered product experiences end-to-end (01 prototyping rapid iteration and shipping to production).

• Experience designing search recommendations and discovery UX (relevance ranking personalization evaluation).

• Familiarity with LLM/AI integrations in web apps (streaming UIs prompt/tool patterns human-in-the-loop workflows).

• Experience with GraphQL and modern frontend architecture patterns.

• Built or evolved a design system / component library that enables fast consistent product delivery.

• Comfort operating in high-traffic high-visibility environments with real customer impact.

• Ability to diagnose and improve performance caching and observability in modern web applications.

At Scribd your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role level and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United the state of California the reasonably expected salary range is between $146000 minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California to $227500 maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California.

In the United States outside of California the reasonably expected salary range is between $120000 minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California to $216500 maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California.

In Canada the reasonably expected salary range is between $152500 CADminimum salary in our lowest geographic market to $194500 CADmaximum salary in our highest geographic market.

We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been the event that you are considered for a different level a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

Working at Scribd Inc.

Are you currently based in a location where Scribd Inc.
Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities. This includes surrounding metro areas or locations within a typical commuting distance:

United States:

Atlanta Austin Boston Dallas Denver Chicago Houston Jacksonville Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix Portland Sacramento Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Washington D.C.

Canada:

Ottawa Toronto Vancouver

Mexico:

Mexico City

Benefits Perks and Wellbeing at Scribd Inc.

*Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Scribd Inc. and the geographical location where you work.

• Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees

• 12 weeks paid parental leave

• Short-term/long-term disability plans

• 401k/RSP matching

• Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals accessories

• Learning & Development allowance

• Learning & Development programs

• Quarterly stipend for Wellness WiFi etc.

• Mental Health support & resources

• Free subscription to the Scribd Inc. suite of products

• Referral Bonuses

• Book Benefit

• Sabbaticals

• Company-wide events

• Team engagement budgets

• Vacation & Personal Days

• Paid Holidays ( winter break)

• Flexible Sick Time

• Volunteer Day

• Company-wide Employee Resource Groups and programs that foster an inclusive and diverse workplace.

• Access to AI Tools: We provide free access to best-in-class AI tools empowering you to boost productivity streamline workflows and accelerate bold innovation.

Want to learn more about life at Scribd want our interview process to be accessible to everyone. You can inform us of any reasonable adjustments we can make to better accommodate your needs by emailing about the need for adjustments at any point in the interview process.

Scribd Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply and believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.

Required Experience:

Senior IC