Senior Frontend Engineer: Web Modernization & Microfrontends

Scribd, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 124,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Scribd Flex (flexible work model)

Comprehensive health, dental, and visa

Generous paid time off

Parental leave and family support

Retirement matching and equity

Learning and development programs

Job summary

Scribd, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to drive the Web Modernization program, migrating legacy apps to a modern Microfrontend ecosystem while preserving performance and developer experience.

You will ship production frontend code, define reusable patterns, and collaborate with product and platform teams; after modernization, you’ll build features enabling publishers to upload documents and readers to consume them.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional frontend software engineering experience.
• Deep experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
• Hands-on experience with Next.js or similar modern web frameworks.
• Familiarity with Microfrontend architectures, monorepos, or shared frontend platforms.
• Strong understanding of web performance, bundling, and optimization techniques.
• Experience collaborating with backend and platform teams to define clean integration patterns.
• Comfort operating in environments with high traffic, high visibility, and real user impact.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; thrives in a remote, documentation‑driven culture.

Responsibilities

• Migrate complex legacy web applications into a modern Microfrontend ecosystem.
• Create repeatable migration patterns and shared foundations for other teams.
• Ship production‑critical frontend code and define reusable patterns.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure performance and user impact remain high.

Skills

Frontend architecture

React

JavaScript/TypeScript

Performance optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Remote-friendly communication

Tools

Next.js

Monorepos

Job description

Scribd, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to drive the Web Modernization program, migrating legacy apps to a modern Microfrontend ecosystem while preserving performance and developer experience.

You will ship production frontend code, define reusable patterns, and collaborate with product and platform teams; after modernization, you’ll build features enabling publishers to upload documents and readers to consume them.