Principal Engineer, AI & Developer Tooling

Scribd, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Vor Ort; USD 167.000 - 301.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Scribd Flex (flexible work model)

Comprehensive health, dental, and visa

Mental health support

Generous paid time off

Parental leave and family support

Employee equity

Learning & development programs

Home office stipend

Product access to Scribd suite

AI tools for enterprise

Zusammenfassung

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to define how we build software as AI changes the work. You will own the technical vision for agentic engineering, guiding hundreds of engineers to work with coding agents across our stack and CI/CD.

You’ll set standards, invest in platforms, and partner with CTO and leadership to sustain advantage. You will mentor staff engineers, shape cross-org initiatives, and drive tangible improvements in developer experience while balancing stability and speed

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years in software engineering including staff/principal level.
• Hands-on experience applying AI to real software problems with production tooling.
• Depth in agent runtimes, harnesses, tool use, and context management.

Aufgaben

• Define architecture, patterns, and guardrails for agents and engineers across codebase and CI/CD.
• Set direction for internal tools, libraries, and platforms used company-wide.
• Partner with engineering leaders to turn ambiguous problems into initiatives and own delivery.
• Mentor engineers and roll out new agent capabilities across engineering teams.

Kenntnisse

10+ years software engineering

AI in software tooling

agentic systems

technical leadership

developer experience

Jobbeschreibung

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to define how we build software as AI changes the work. You will own the technical vision for agentic engineering, guiding hundreds of engineers to work with coding agents across our stack and CI/CD.

You’ll set standards, invest in platforms, and partner with CTO and leadership to sustain advantage. You will mentor staff engineers, shape cross-org initiatives, and drive tangible improvements in developer experience while balancing stability and speed