Senior Frontend Engineer (Discovery Applications), React Job at Scribd (San Francisco)

Job Description

Join our team as we create a world of stories and knowledge, democratize the exchange of ideas and information, and empower collective expertise through our four products: Everand, Scribd, Slideshare, and Fable. Discovery Applications is the face of Scribd’s Machine Learning and Discovery Engineering Division. It is dedicated to building the customer-facing web experiences that power our cutting-edge search, recommendations, and generative AI features. This full stack team builds and owns the end-to-end discovery experience across Scribd and Everand, turning machine learning capabilities into intuitive, customer-facing features. Joining this team means you will play a key role in delivering the user value of the pioneering machine learning work, creating tangible impacts through exceptional user experiences.

Job Responsibility

Full-cycle software development
Contribute to code strategy, architecture, implementation, delivery, and operation of systems, end-to-end
Consider testability, upgradeability, scalability, and observability throughout the development process
Advising on others' technical design
Reviewing code
Participating in interviews
Mentoring less experienced engineers
Build the user-facing experiences that are powered by Machine Learning and Generative AI

Requirements

3–5 years building and shipping customer-facing frontend applications with React and TypeScript
Strong grasp of modern frontend fundamentals: state management, component architecture, accessibility, testing, and UI quality
Experience integrating frontends with APIs (REST/GraphQL) and comfort working in a Rails-backed product environment
Ability to build high-quality interactive experiences (including real-time/streaming UI patterns) with attention to UX polish
Strong understanding of web performance (profiling, bundling, rendering, caching) and a track record of improving it in production
Comfortable working in a codebase with shared patterns (monorepos, shared UI libraries, or platform constraints) and collaborating across teams
Excellent written and verbal communication
thrives in a remote, documentation-driven culture
Highly collaborative: partners closely with product, design, and backend to deliver end-to-end features

Nice to have

Excited to build AI-powered product experiences end-to-end (0→1 prototyping, rapid iteration, and shipping to production)
Experience designing search, recommendations, and discovery UX (relevance, ranking, personalization, evaluation)
Familiarity with LLM/AI integrations in web apps (streaming UIs, prompt/tool patterns, human-in-the-loop workflows)
Experience with Next.js, GraphQL, and modern frontend architecture patterns
Built or evolved a design system / component library that enables fast, consistent product delivery
Comfort operating in high-traffic, high-visibility environments with real customer impact
Ability to diagnose and improve performance, caching, and observability in modern web applications

What we offer

Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
12 weeks paid parental leave
Short-term/long-term disability plans
401k/RSP matching
Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals + accessories
Learning & Development allowance
Learning & Development programs
Quarterly stipend for Wellness, WiFi, etc.
Mental Health support & resources
Free subscription to the Scribd Inc. suite of products
Referral Bonuses
Book Benefit
Sabbaticals
Company-wide events
Team engagement budgets
Vacation & Personal Days
Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
Flexible Sick Time
Volunteer Day
Company-wide Employee Resource Groups and programs that foster an inclusive and diverse workplace
Access to AI Tools: We provide free access to best-in-class AI tools, empowering you to boost productivity, streamline workflows, and accelerate bold innovation