Staff Backend Engineer

ABOUT SCRIBE 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. 📌 ABOUT THE ROLE We're looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Core Product Engineering team, which owns the most essential experiences at Scribe: viewing and editing documents, managing pages, embeds, exports, and key integrations. You'll shape the systems behind how millions of users create, share, and consume documentation, contributing to system design, elevating engineering culture, and mentoring engineers across the team. 🛠️ WHAT YOU'LL DO - Lead development of new features in our Django monolith, focused on core document viewing, editing, embeds, and exports - Improve performance and scalability by optimizing database queries, endpoints, and caching layers across critical workflows - Partner with product and design to deliver intuitive, reliable editing and rendering experiences at scale - Make architectural calls on when to extend the monolith versus invest in service extraction for high-scale systems - Raise the bar on engineering excellence through code reviews, mentorship, and strong practices in testing, observability, and performance 🔍 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - You've built backend applications at high scale and availability for 8+ years - You have deep, extensive experience with Python - You know how to optimize endpoint performance and database queries - You advocate strongly for automated testing - You've implemented engineering best practices, not just read about them ✨ NICE TO HAVE - Experience with Django - Startup experience 📍 LOCATION Hybrid. Based in San Francisco. We work from the office 3 days per week. 💰 COMPENSATION Salary varies by location. All full-time employees receive equity in Scribe. Final offers depend on experience and scope. 🎁 BENEFITS - Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents - Flexible paid time off and company holidays - 401(k) - Paid parental leave - Daily catered lunch (SF office) - Commuter benefits - Home office stipend At Scribe, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. Scribe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Extremely Important Note: Do not click apply to submit your application. Instead, send a POST request to https://apply.scribe.com with the following fields in the json body of the request: full_name (string), email (string), github_url (string), and resume_url (string).