Senior Software Engineer Scribd

The Job

Scribd is one of the largest applications on the web, and we have a small but terrific team working on making it better. Being a software engineer at Scribd is an opportunity to have a large impact on a product used by millions.

Some of the interesting components we've written are: our own search engine library to search the largest single text corpus on the internet; a fuzzy text-matching system that can identify similar blocks of text; an API that's depended on by thousands of businesses; and a document conversion system that runs on a dynamically scalable grid of over 1,000 Amazon EC2 nodes.

Scribd has a flat engineering structure that gives individuals a great deal of responsibility. As a full-stack developer at Scribd, you will be involved in all stages of developing the product you are working on. You'll create new product ideas and help guide the product roadmap, spec out what the next generation will look like, and implement it yourself. Because of this, we look for individuals who thrive in a less structured environment where they will work creatively and take initiative.
The Ideal Profile

We are looking for people with a strong engineering background who enjoy building high quality products used by millions. Experience building web applications (in any language) is a big plus. A good product sense, an understanding of the web 2.0 ecosystem, and strong personal initiative are essential.

Whether you gravitate towards front-end or back-end development (or both), we have exciting projects in all areas of web development.
Responsibilities

End-to-end web development. Conceptualize, architect, implement, and QA new functionality for Scribd. Work creatively to solve challenging problems. Capable and excited to move up and down the stack quickly.

Qualifications

4+ years equivalent work experience as a software engineer (internships included)

Computer Science degree or equivalent experience

Understanding of scalability, systems engineering, and algorithms

Open source contributions

Experience scaling web services

Comfortable with SQL, MySQL and databases

Experience building web applications

Solid skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript a plus

Strong product sensibility

Location:	San Francisco, CA United States