Staff Backend Engineer

About the role

About Scribe

Scribe https://scribe.com 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 for people and AI agents.

We're growing fast. Since our founding in 2019, we've reached 7 million users across 600,000 businesses. Based in San Francisco, we're a LinkedIn Top Startup, valued at over $1B, and backed by leading investors. Join us in our mission to transform how people work.

About the role

As a Staff Backend Software Engineer, you'll shape the systems behind how millions of users create, share, and consume documentation, contributing to system design, elevating engineering culture, and mentoring engineers across the team.

- Agents – AI assistants and in-app guidance that help people finish tasks inside the software they use, including a new desktop AI work hub

- Docs – Our core product for automated document generation and viewing, relied on by millions of users

- Growth – Signup, onboarding, checkout, billing, seats and SSO, helping people find Scribe, see its value fast, and grow their plan

- Optimize – The AI-driven intelligence layer that helps enterprises understand, measure and improve how work gets done, turning raw activity into workflow data leaders can trust

What you'll do

- Lead development of new features in our Django monolith, focused on core document viewing, editing, embeds, and exports

- Improve performance and scalability by optimizing database queries, endpoints, and caching layers across critical workflows

- Partner with product and design to deliver intuitive, reliable editing and rendering experiences at scale

- Make architectural calls on when to extend the monolith versus invest in service extraction for high-scale systems

- Raise the bar on engineering excellence through code reviews, mentorship, and strong practices in testing, observability, and performance

What we're looking for

- You've built backend applications at high scale and availability for 8+ years

- You have deep, extensive experience with Python

- You know how to optimize endpoint performance and database queries

- You advocate strongly for automated testing

- You've implemented engineering best practices, not just read about them

- Nice to have: Experience with Django, startup experience

Why you'll love working here

- Hard, open problems. Nobody hands you a finished spec. You'll decide what to build with your PM and designer, then own how it performs.

- The reach of a unicorn, the headcount of a startup. We went from $1M to $100M ARR in under four years, with fewer than 200 people. That means more pie than people: scope grows with your impact. Customers like T-Mobile, LinkedIn, HubSpot, New York Life and Northern Trust run on Scribe, so what you own reaches some of the biggest names in business.