Director, Engineering

Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products — Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable — help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise.

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.

We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection. Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location.

So what are we looking for in new team members? At Scribd, Inc., we hire for “GRIT.” Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee. For us, it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

This posting reflects an approved, open position within the organization.

We’re looking for a Director of Engineering to own the engineering vision, strategy, and execution for Scribd’s growth organization. You will build modern growth and Mar Tech systems for a global audience of +200M monthly visitors and +2M paying subscribers across multiple brands.

You’ll lead an organization of approximately 25 engineers across three teams, directly managing a growth platform team while providing strategic and organizational leadership across the full group. You will operate at two altitudes simultaneously: hands‑on with your platform team while setting direction, raising the bar, and removing obstacles across the broader org.

This is a high‑ownership leadership role for a Director who is both people‑first and visionary: someone who is passionate about growth engineering and maximizing the potential of an already high‑performing team.

This role requires deep technical expertise in designing and shipping growth systems. You’ll partner closely with leaders in Product, Performance Marketing, Partnerships, Data Platform, and Analytics to build reliable foundations, and to translate growth strategy into high‑leverage technical capabilities.

• Define the growth engineering strategy. Audit the current state of our growth tooling, data pipelines, experimentation infrastructure, lifecycle messaging, analytics, and attribution. Develop a technical roadmap in close partnership with product leadership.
• Build and lead the growth platform team. Take direct management of a 5‑person team focused on our growth platform. Establish engineering practices and define the team charter. Create team identity and build the team to full strength.
• Lead a high‑performing growth engineering organization. Provide organizational leadership across all three growth engineering teams. Assess team boundaries, build alignment on shared engineering standards, and strengthen the culture of experimentation rigor. Maintain engineering quality while strategically balancing speed and technical debt.
• Drive agentic engineering adoption. Lead the adoption of agentic engineering practices within the growth organization. Identify how AI can accelerate delivery while maintaining high quality.
• Be a strategic partner. Serve as the engineering counterpart to your peer product leader in the growth pillar. Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Marketing, Analytics, Data Science, and Partnerships. Create visibility into growth engineering’s impact through business reviews, roadmap updates, and clear reporting that connects technical work to business outcomes.
• Raise the bar across Scribd engineering. Contribute to the broader engineering organization through leadership forums, architecture reviews,…