Senior Frontend Engineer - Core Scribd; 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 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. We believe in balancing individual flexibility and community connections. Through our flexible work benefit, Scribd Flex, 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. We hire for “GRIT” – the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long‑term goals. GRIT is also an acronym that outlines the standards we hold ourselves and each other to: Goals, Results, Innovative ideas, and Team influence.

• Shape the core experience for 10M+ daily readers. Join the team behind Scribd’s primary reading experience and directly impact how millions of users explore and learn from our 300,000+ document corpus.
• Experiment at the intersection of product and AI. Partner closely with Product, Design, and AI/ML teams to rapidly prototype and launch experiments that elevate engagement and comprehension on the document reading page.
• Build new creation experiences from 0→1. Help develop innovative tools that empower users to synthesize research and produce study guides, presentations, and documents – all enhanced by generative AI.
• Improve SEO and AEO. Work with our SEO PM to improve search and answer engine traffic to the Core Scribd pages.
• Modernize our tech stack for the future. Lead efforts to decompose our Ruby‑on‑Rails monolith into a modern, modular Microfront end architecture powered by Next.js and a distributed backend.

• You are comfortable working cross‑functionally with PM, Data, Design, QE, MLE, and backend engineers.
• You can handle coordinating across backend teams, ML teams, data teams, and platform teams.
• You have high customer empathy.
• You build for the long‑term and can reason about frontend architecture at scale.
• You make trade‑offs based on available data and can communicate those trade‑offs/decisions clearly and succinctly.

• Strong understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks, especially React.
• 5+ years of experience working across the front‑end stack, especially React.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of performance, accessibility, and SEO principles across the stack.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with design, product, and other engineering teams.
• A thoughtful approach to code quality, maintainability, and documentation.

In the United States, within California the reasonably expected salary range is between $146,000 and $227,500. Outside of California the range is $120,000 to $216,500. In Canada the range is $152,500 CAD to $194,500 CAD. The position is also eligible for competitive equity ownership and a comprehensive benefits package.

Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities:

• 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.

• 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…