Principal Engineer, AI-Driven Dev Tooling

Scribd, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Scribd Flex

Health coverage

Paid time off

Equity

Learning programs

Wellness stipend

AI tools access

Job summary

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to define how we build software as AI changes the work. You’ll own the technical vision for agentic engineering and partner with CTO and leadership to shape standards engineers use daily.

You’ll lead architecture decisions, set internal tool directions, and mentor engineers while delivering cross-org initiatives that extend across Scribd’s stack and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering at Staff/Principal level.
• Hands-on AI in production-grade developer tooling.
• Deep knowledge of agent runtimes, tools, and evaluation.
• Proven ability to drive cross-org technical impact.

Responsibilities

• Decide architecture and guardrails for engineers and coding agents.
• Set direction for internal tools, libraries, and platforms.
• Turn ambiguous problems into initiatives and own them end-to-end.
• Mentor engineers and roll out new agent capabilities.

Skills

Staff/Principal level experience

Hands-on AI in software

Agent runtimes

Technical impact

Developer experience

Tools

N/A

Job description

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to define how we build software as AI changes the work. You’ll own the technical vision for agentic engineering and partner with CTO and leadership to shape standards engineers use daily.

You’ll lead architecture decisions, set internal tool directions, and mentor engineers while delivering cross-org initiatives that extend across Scribd’s stack and CI/CD pipelines.