Senior Software Engineer (Frontend), Search

About Scribd

Team and role

Work model and location eligibility

• Scribd Flex allows employees to choose a workstyle and location, with occasional in-person attendance required for all employees.
• Employees must reside in or near an eligible city; Canadian eligible cities include Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Responsibilities

• Build user-facing experiences powered by machine learning and generative AI.
• Own software design, architecture, implementation, delivery, and operation end to end.
• Consider testability, upgradeability, scalability, and observability throughout development.
• Advise on technical design, review code, participate in interviews, and mentor less experienced engineers.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, designers, and product managers to deliver end-to-end features.

Experience and qualifications

• At least 6 years of professional frontend software engineering experience.
• Deep experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and React.
• Hands-on experience with Next.js or a similar modern web framework.
• Strong understanding of web performance, bundling, and optimization.
• Experience defining integration patterns with backend and platform teams.
• Comfort working in high-impact environments and codebases with shared patterns or platform constraints.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Additional experience valued

• Familiarity with microfrontends, monorepos, or shared frontend platforms is valued.
• Experience with complex or legacy codebases, production modernization, testing, accessibility, SEO, quality, and observability is advantageous.

Compensation

• Canada salary range is CAD $157,000 to $201,000; the role is also eligible for equity and benefits.

Benefits

• Benefits include health, dental, vision, mental health and disability coverage, paid time off, parental leave, retirement matching, equity, learning programs, wellness and home office stipends, and product access.