Remote Senior Backend Engineer — Fable Platform Leader

Scribd, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Generous paid time off

Paid parental leave

Retirement matching

Job summary

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Fable Core team. You will be responsible for setting the technical direction of the Fable backend, ensuring reliability and health, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of backend experience with Python/Django, experience operating production systems, and strong cross-functional collaboration skills. Remote and flexible work options are available. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, generous paid time off, and retirement matching.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend experience, including Python/Django.
• Experience operating production systems at scale.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the Fable backend.
• Own backend reliability and platform health.
• Lead incident response and drive post‑mortems.

Skills

Python/Django

Production systems operation

Cross-functional collaboration

Incident management

Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)

Systems design

Tools

Kubernetes

Datadog

CI/CD tools

Job description

Scribd, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Fable Core team. You will be responsible for setting the technical direction of the Fable backend, ensuring reliability and health, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of backend experience with Python/Django, experience operating production systems, and strong cross-functional collaboration skills. Remote and flexible work options are available. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, generous paid time off, and retirement matching.