Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) - Scribd Core

Scribd, Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 158,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Scribd Flex (flexible work model)

Comprehensive health coverage

Retirement matching and equity

Job summary

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead major modernization efforts, migrating complex legacy apps into a modern Microfrontend ecosystem while maintaining performance and developer experience.

You will ship production frontend code, define scalable patterns, and collaborate across product and platform teams to deliver durable architectural changes and new features for publishing and consuming documents.

Qualifications

• Strong ownership of frontend systems from design to long-term evolution.
• Ability to reason about frontend architecture at scale and across teams.
• Experience with modern web frameworks and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead modernization workstreams migrating legacy apps to a microfrontend ecosystem.
• Ship production frontend code and define reusable patterns for other teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and platform teams to ensure durable architectural changes.

Skills

Frontend architecture

React

JavaScript/TypeScript

Next.js

Monorepos

Collaboration

Tools

Web frameworks

Performance optimization

Job description

Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products — Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable — help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise.

Culture at Scribd, Inc.

We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer.

We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection. Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location.

So what are we looking for in new team members? At Scribd, Inc., we hire for “GRIT.” Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee. For us, it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

This posting reflects an approved, open position within the organization.

Senior Frontend Engineer

You’ll lead major modernization workstreams — migrating complex legacy web applications into a modern Microfrontend ecosystem, creating repeatable migration patterns and shared foundations other teams can build on — while ensuring performance, developer experience, and user impact stay high throughout the transition.

This is a hands‑on role with broad influence: you’ll ship production‑critical frontend code, define patterns and boundaries that other teams build on, and partner cross‑functionally to make architectural change practical and durable.

Following the Web Modernization effort, you will work on a product team to build product features that help publishers upload their documents to Scribd and readers consume these documents.

What You’ll Bring

Key Attributes

• Strong ownership mindset, taking responsibility for frontend systems from design through long-term evolution
• Strong systems thinking, with the ability to reason about frontend architecture at scale
• Pragmatic approach to modernization, balancing ideal solutions with incremental, low-risk progress
• Strong collaboration skills and comfort working closely with both product and platform teams.
• Long-term perspective on maintainability, extensibility, and developer experience

Experience We Value

• 6+ years of professional frontend software engineering experience
• Deep experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React
• Hands‑on experience with Next.js or similar modern web frameworks
• Familiarity with Microfrontend architectures, monorepos, or shared frontend platforms
• Strong understanding of web performance, bundling, and optimization techniques
• Experience collaborating with backend and platform teams to define clean integration patterns
• Comfort operating in environments with high traffic, high visibility, and real user impact
• 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

• Experience working with or migrating large, complex, or legacy frontend codebases
• You’ve helped modernize frontend systems in production, not just greenfield projects
• You think about frontend architecture as a product for other engineers, not just a delivery mechanism
• You consider performance, accessibility, SEO, quality, and observability as first‑class concerns
• You invest in testing and quality practices that make large‑scale migrations safe and repeatable
• You enjoy untangling complexity and leaving systems better than you found them
• You care deeply about how technical decisions affect both developers and end users

At Scribd, Inc., your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United States.

In the state of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $151,000 [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California] to $226,000 [maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California].

In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $124,000 [minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California] to $214,500 [maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California].

In Canada, the reasonably expected salary range is between $157,500 CAD[minimum salary in our lowest geographic market] to $201,000 CAD[maximum salary in our highest geographic market].

We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership, and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

Working at Scribd, Inc.

Are you currently based in a location where Scribd, Inc. can employ you?

Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities. This includes surrounding metro areas or locations within a typical commuting distance:

United States

Atlanta | Austin | Boston | Dallas | Denver | Chicago | Houston | Jacksonville | Los Angeles | Miami | New York City | Phoenix | Portland | Sacramento | Salt Lake City | San Diego | San Francisco | Seattle | Washington D.C.

Canada

Ottawa | Toronto | Vancouver

Mexico

Mexico City

Benefits At Scribd, Inc.

• Scribd Flex (flexible work model)
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Mental health support and disability coverage
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals
• Paid parental leave and family support benefits
• Retirement matching and employee equity
• Learning and development programs and professional growth opportunities
• Wellness and home office stipends
• Complimentary access to the Scribd, Inc. suite of products
• Enterprise access to leading AI tools

Get to Know Scribd, Inc.

About Scribd, Inc.

Life at Scribd, Inc.

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