Software Engineer II (Backend + Data pipelines)

About Scribd

At Scribd (pronounced “scribbed”), our mission is to spark human curiosity. We democratize the exchange of ideas and information across our products: Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare. We support a culture where employees are bold, debate and commit, and take action with the customer in mind. Scribd Flex allows flexible daily work styles with occasional in-person attendance required.

Role Overview

We’re seeking a Software Engineer II with strong backend development experience to design, build, and optimize distributed systems that extract, enrich, and process metadata at scale. You’ll work with ML engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners to integrate ML models and LLM-based services into production pipelines.

Tech Stack

Python, Scala, Ruby on Rails, Airflow, Databricks, Spark, HTTP APIs, AWS (Lambda, ECS, SQS, ElastiCache, Sagemaker, Cloudwatch, Datadog), Terraform.

Key Responsibilities

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