Senior Frontend Engineer - Core Scribd; React

Overview

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. Scribd Flex allows employees to choose a daily work-style in partnership with their manager, with occasional in-person attendance required for all Scribd Inc.

employees, regardless of location.

We hire for “GRIT” — the intersection of passion and perseverance towards long-term goals. The acronym means: Goals, Results, Innovative ideas, and Team collaboration and attitude.

Senior Frontend Engineer on the Core Scribd team, focusing on building and maintaining the frontend for Scribd’s document reading page. Work spans from React-based UI to distributed backend services, collaborating with product, design, AI/ML, and infrastructure teams. A major 2026 focus is Web Modernization: migrating the Doc Page SPA to a Next.js-powered Microfront end architecture.

• Shape the core experience for 10M+ daily readers and impact how users explore and learn from Scribd’s 300,000+ document corpus.
• Experiment at the intersection of product and AI; prototype and launch experiments with Product, Design, and AI/ML teams to elevate engagement and comprehension on the document reading page.
• Build new creation experiences from 0→1 to empower users to synthesize research and produce study guides, presentations, and documents, enhanced by generative AI.
• Improve SEO and AEO in collaboration with the SEO PM to drive traffic to Core Scribd pages.
• Modernize tech stack by leading efforts to decompose the Ruby-on-Rails monolith into a modular Microfront end architecture powered by Next.js and a distributed backend.

• Ability to work cross-functionally with PM, Data, Design, QE, MLE, and backend engineers.
• Coordinate across backend, ML, data, and platform teams; collaborate with Product and Design.
• Strong customer empathy and long-term architectural thinking for frontend systems.
• Ability to communicate trade-offs and decisions clearly with data support.

• Strong understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks, especially React.
• 3–5 years of experience across the stack, specifically React, Next.js, and Ruby on Rails.
• Experience with SQL databases (Postgres, MySQL).
• Understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Awareness of performance, accessibility, and SEO principles; strong collaboration skills with design and product teams; focus on code quality and maintainability.

• Optional experience with Node and Go services.

Base pay ranges are determined by location and role. California: $146,000 to $227,500. United States (excl. CA): $120,000 to $216,500. Canada: $152,500 CAD to $194,500 CAD. Salary ranges may vary by level and geographic market; equity and benefits are also provided.

Employees must have a primary residence in or near specific cities in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, or be within commuting distance as defined by Scribd. Locations include major US cities, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Mexico City, among others.

• Healthcare Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
• 12 weeks paid parental leave; disability plans
• 401k/RSP matching; onboarding stipend for home office
• Learning & Development allowances and programs
• Wellness stipend; mental health resources
• Free Scribd product subscriptions; referral bonuses; book benefit
• Sabbaticals; company-wide events; team engagement budgets
• Vacation, personal days, paid holidays, flexible sick time; volunteer day
• Inclusive, diverse workplace with Employee Resource Groups; access to AI tools

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