Senior Backend Engineering Manager — Real-Time AI Ingestion

Scribd, Inc.; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 155,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Scribd Flex (flexible work model)

Health, dental, vision coverage

Mental health support

Generous paid time off

Parental leave & family support

Retirement matching & equity

Learning & development programs

Wellness & home office stipends

Complimentary Scribd product access

Enterprise access to AI tools

Job summary

Scribd, Inc. seeks an Engineering Manager for Content Foundations to own how content enters Scribd at scale. You will lead the platform that handles real-time ingestion, safety checks, and AI-enabled processing, partnering with product and engineering leadership.

You will hire, mentor, and shape a founding team of backend and AI data engineers, ensuring reliable, secure, and high‑performance systems and a strong team culture from day one.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering and building large-scale systems.
• 3+ years leading backend, data infra, or platform eng teams.
• Strong background in high-throughput distributed systems and AI in production.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Content Foundations platform to support real-time ingestion at scale.
• Partner with ML/AI teams to embed AI into the ingestion pipeline.
• Define roadmap, priorities, and commitments across content org.
• Build and grow a founding backend/AI data engineering team, shaping culture and standards.
• Champion security by design for untrusted content at scale.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Distributed systems

Applied AI

Security minded

Communication

Job description

Scribd, Inc. seeks an Engineering Manager for Content Foundations to own how content enters Scribd at scale. You will lead the platform that handles real-time ingestion, safety checks, and AI-enabled processing, partnering with product and engineering leadership.

You will hire, mentor, and shape a founding team of backend and AI data engineers, ensuring reliable, secure, and high‑performance systems and a strong team culture from day one.