About us
Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to document and scale how work gets done. We’re growing fast — since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown to over 4 million users across 600,000 businesses. Based in San Francisco, we've raised $55M in funding from top-tier investors and are honored to have been named as a Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup and LinkedIn Top Startup. Join us in our mission to uplevel how people do work.
How we work
We are builders aspiring to master our crafts. We care deeply about our teammates and want to win, together. We embrace the following values:
- Accelerate impact
- Raise the bar
- Make our users heroes
- Clear is kind
- Rapid learning machine
- One team one dream
About this role
We are looking for a backend developer who loves building application code and scalable distributed systems. We need someone to help us design large-scale data ingestion and processing systems alongside our custom AI models.
Tech Stack
Languages: Python, Typescript, Go
Infra: Postgres, Celery Tasks & Celery Schedules
Platform: AWS
You can expect to
- Create cutting edge services for data ingestion and AI inference with our in-house models
- Write and scale application code
- Optimize business-critical endpoint performance
- Deploy, manage and scale distributed systems with background jobs and queueing
You could be a great fit if
- You have 8+ years writing backend apps with Typescript, Python, or Go
- You have strong experience with message queues and task systems using Celery Tasks & Schedules (or similar: AWS SQS, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, etc.)
- You’ve built large-scale data ingestion systems
- You’ve built and deployed micro-services
- You can write Python
- You know how to optimize endpoint performance and DB queries
Bonus
- You have Django experience
- Startup experience (not required, but we build and move fast!)
Full-Time US Employee Benefits Include
- Some of the nicest and smartest teammates you’ll ever work with
- Competitive salaries
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Exciting and motivating equity
- Flexible PTO
- 401k
- Parental Leave
- Commuter Benefits (SF office employees)
- WFH Stipend
Compensation
$170k - $225k base + equity + benefits
We consider several factors when determining compensation, including location, experience, and other job-related factors.
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. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. Scribe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
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