Staff Backend Engineer — Python/Django, Scale & Impact

Scribe; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Coverage

Equity

401(k) Plan

Flex Benefit

Commuter Benefits

PTO

Parental Leave

Wellness & Family Support

Job summary

Scribe is seeking a Staff Engineer to join our Core Engineering team in San Francisco, building the backbone for viewing, editing, and exporting documents at scale. You will shape system design, raise engineering standards, and mentor peers across the team.

You'll bring 8+ years of backend experience, deep Python expertise, and a track record of shipping reliable, high-performance services. Django experience is a plus; equity and strong growth welcome collaboration and impact.

Qualifications

• Backend engineer with 8+ years building scalable apps.
• Deep Python experience.
• Strong emphasis on automated testing and performance.
• Nice to have Django experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new features in the core document viewing, editing, embeds, and exports areas.
• Improve performance and scalability via queries, endpoints, and caching.
• Collaborate with product/design to deliver reliable editing/rendering at scale.
• Decide when to extend the monolith vs. service extraction for high-scale systems.
• Raise the bar on engineering through code reviews and testing practices.

Skills

Python

Backend development

Performance tuning

Automated testing

Mentorship

Tools

Django

PostgreSQL

Job description

Scribe is seeking a Staff Engineer to join our Core Engineering team in San Francisco, building the backbone for viewing, editing, and exporting documents at scale. You will shape system design, raise engineering standards, and mentor peers across the team.

You'll bring 8+ years of backend experience, deep Python expertise, and a track record of shipping reliable, high-performance services. Django experience is a plus; equity and strong growth welcome collaboration and impact.