Senior Backend Engineer

About this role

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Core Engineering Team, which powers essential experiences at Scribe: document viewing and editing, embedding and exporting content, and supporting key integrations. Millions of users rely on these workflows every day.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of impactful projects — from evolving critical document features to building new greenfield systems — and collaborate across the stack to deliver high-quality product experiences.

What you’ll do

• Build and ship backend features in our Django monolith, spanning core document workflows (viewing, editing, embeds, exports) as well as new greenfield projects that expand what Scribe can do
• Improve performance and reliability by optimizing database queries, endpoints, and caching layers across critical user workflows
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver intuitive and reliable experiences at scale
• Contribute to technical discussions within the team, balancing short-term delivery with longer-term architectural evolution
• Uphold strong engineering practices through thoughtful code reviews, solid test coverage, and attention to observability and performance

What we’re looking for

• You have 5+ years of experience building backend applications at high scale and availability
• You have extensive experience with Python
• You know how to optimize endpoint performance and database queries
• You’re a strong advocate for automated testing
• You’ve seen and can implement engineering best practices
• You’re user-centric, empathetic, and passionate about your work

Bonus

• Experience with Django (not required, but a big plus)
• Startup experience (not required, but we build and move fast!)

Our backend tech stack

• Python + Django
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Celery + AmazonMQ
• Infrastructure in Terraform (AWS)

Compensation

$175,000 - $200,000 base + Equity + Benefits.