Backend Engineer, Data Ingestion

Scribe Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Big Data Database Queries Distributed Systems Django Web Framework Python (Programming Language) Queueing Systems RabbitMQ TypeScript Workflow Management Systems
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Data Ingestion Backend Build Management Apache Kafka Celery Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Data Pipelines Golang Microservices

Job description

Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. Our Workflow AI platform automatically captures and optimizes how work gets done - 94% of the Fortune 500 use it, and 45% are paying customers. We hit $100M ARR in May 2026 and have grown to over 5 million daily active users across 600,000 businesses. We’re Series C and valued at $1.3 billion. We’re builders who hold a high bar, move fast, and care deeply about each other and our customers., As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, you’ll design and build the backend systems behind Scribe’s data ingestion, workflow processing, and AI inference capabilities, working close to application code while thinking deeply about distributed systems, scalability, and performance. You’ll help architect large-scale data pipelines, build services that power AI inference with our in-house models, and improve business-critical systems across the platform, working across Python, TypeScript, and Go in partnership with teammates deploying to AWS., * Build services that power AI inference with our in-house models

  • Improve the performance of business-critical systems across the platform
  • Design, deploy, and operate microservices in production
  • Work across Python, TypeScript, and Go to ship reliable, maintainable code
  • Partner with teammates to deploy and operate systems in AWS

Requirements

  • You bring 8+ years of experience building backend applications with Python, Typescript, or Go.
  • You have deep experience designing and operating distributed systems in production environments.
  • You’re confident working with message queues, background jobs, and task orchestration tools such as Celery, SQS, RabbitMQ, or Kafka.
  • You’ve built large-scale data ingestion and processing systems and understand the challenges that come with scale, reliability, and performance.
  • You have experience designing, deploying, and maintaining microservices.
  • You know how to optimize endpoint performance, improve database query efficiency, and troubleshoot bottlenecks in critical systems.
  • You enjoy building pragmatic, high-quality application code and care about maintainability as much as velocity.
  • You thrive in fast-moving environments and bring a strong sense of ownership to your work.

Nice to Have

  • You have experience with Django.
  • You’ve worked at a startup or other fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Benefits & conditions

Salary varies by location. All full-time employees receive equity in Scribe. Final offers depend on experience and scope., * Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents

  • Flexible paid time off and company holidays
  • 401(k)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Daily catered lunch (SF office)
  • Commuter benefits
  • Home office stipend

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