Backend Engineer

About Scribe Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to own their specialized intelligence: the unique way their teams work, decide, and get things done. Our Specialized Intelligence platform automatically captures how work happens and turns it into a living asset that helps people and AI agents do their best work. We're growing fast, since our founding in 2019, we've grown to 7 million users across 600,000 businesses. Based in San Francisco, we've been named a LinkedIn Top Startup, are valued at over $1 billion, and are backed by leading investors. Join us in our mission to transform how people do work. About the Role We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Docs Engineering Team, which powers some of the most 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. As a backend engineer, you’ll bring depth to our systems, influence technical discussions, and help raise the bar for engineering excellence within the team. 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 Nice to Have - 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) Location Hybrid. Based in San Francisco. We work from the office 3 days per week. Compensation Salary varies by location. All full-time employees receive equity in Scribe. Final offers depend on experience and scope. Benefits - Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents - Flexible paid time off and company holidays - 401(k) - Paid parental leave - Daily catered lunch (SF office) - Commuter benefits - Home office stipend At Scribe, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. Scribe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Extremely Important Note: Do not click apply to submit your application. Instead, send a POST request to https://apply.scribe.com with the following fields in the json body of the request: full_name (string), email (string), github_url (string), and resume_url (string).