About the job
About Us
Scribe is a dynamic workplace where talented individuals come together to achieve remarkable professional milestones. With over 94% of the Fortune 500 relying on Scribe to enhance their operations, our Workflow AI platform effortlessly captures and optimizes workflows, enabling teams to work smarter, faster, and with greater consistency.
Since our inception in 2019, we have experienced rapid growth, amassing more than 5 million users across 600,000 businesses. Headquartered in San Francisco, we have been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Startup, valued at over $1 billion, and supported by prominent investors. Join us as we transform the way work is accomplished.
Our Work Culture
We are passionate builders striving to perfect our crafts. We deeply value our colleagues and are committed to achieving success together. We adhere to the following principles:
Accelerate Impact
Raise the Bar
Empower Our Users
Clarity is Kind
Rapid Learning
One Team, One Dream
Role Overview
We are on the lookout for a Senior Backend Engineer to become a vital member of our Core Engineering Team, which drives some of the key functionalities at Scribe, such as document viewing and editing, content embedding and exporting, and supporting essential integrations. Millions of users depend on these workflows daily.
In this position, you will take the lead on influential projects — from enhancing critical document features to developing new greenfield systems — while collaborating across the technology stack to deliver exceptional product experiences. As a backend engineer, you will deepen our systems, engage in technical discussions, and elevate the standard of engineering excellence within the team.
Your Responsibilities
Develop and deploy backend features within our Django monolith, covering core document workflows (viewing, editing, embeds, exports) as well as innovative greenfield projects that broaden Scribe's capabilities.
Enhance performance and reliability by fine-tuning database queries, endpoints, and caching layers for critical user workflows.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to create intuitive and dependable experiences at scale.
Contribute to the architecture and design of our systems to improve overall efficiency and maintainability.

