Senior Backend Engineer, Core Platform (Python/Django)

Mosaic.tech; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Daily catered lunch (SF office)

Commuter benefits

Home office stipend

Job summary

Scribe is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Core Product Engineering team, responsible for the most essential experiences around documents, pages, embeds, exports, and integrations. You will shape system design, elevate engineering culture, and mentor engineers across the team.

Based in San Francisco with hybrid work; you will lead scalable backend work, drive performance, and collaborate with product and design to deliver reliable editing and rendering experiences for millions of users.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend development experience at scale.
• Strong Python expertise and idiomatic coding.
• Ability to optimize endpoints and database queries for performance.
• Advocate for automated testing and quality assurance.
• Track record of applying engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new features in the Django monolith focused on core document viewing, editing, embeds, and exports.
• Improve performance and scalability by optimizing queries, endpoints, and caching across key workflows.
• Partner with product and design to deliver reliable editing and rendering experiences at scale.
• Decide when to extend the monolith versus moving to services for high-scale systems.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and robust testing and observability practices.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Performance optimization

Testing discipline

Engineering excellence

Tools

Django

Job description

Scribe is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Core Product Engineering team, responsible for the most essential experiences around documents, pages, embeds, exports, and integrations. You will shape system design, elevate engineering culture, and mentor engineers across the team.

Based in San Francisco with hybrid work; you will lead scalable backend work, drive performance, and collaborate with product and design to deliver reliable editing and rendering experiences for millions of users.