Scribd, Inc.
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Staff Infrastructure Engineer
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Scribd, Inc.
About Scribd and the role details are described in the sections below.
About The Company
At Scribd (pronounced “scribbed”), our mission is to spark human curiosity. We empower collective expertise through our products: Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare. We support a culture that balances flexibility with collaboration and prioritizes the customer.
About The Role
You will architect and operate a modern, service-oriented AWS environment and partner with service owners as we deepen our AWS-centric model. You will work to improve reliability, performance, and observability for a suite used by 250+ million people each month.
Design, build, and operate core platform components (ECS/EKS, networking, load balancing, logging, metrics, tracing, caching, and storage)
Provide architectural guidance, operational support, and capacity planning for Amazon Aurora (MySQL- and PostgreSQL-compatible) clusters
Define SLOs and actionable alerting; reduce MTTR and alert noise through automation and better signals
Ship infrastructure as code (Terraform) with reviewed modules, tests, and CI/CD
Run migrations and modernizations (e.g., containerization, service patterns, data platform upgrades) with clear runbooks and rollout plans
Partner with product teams to shift operational ownership; coach teams on runbooks, dashboards, and reliability best practices
Improve cost efficiency, performance, and security by design (least-privilege IAM, secret management, and network boundaries)
Participate in an on-call rotation and lead blameless postmortems that drive lasting fixes
Contribute to a paved-road developer experience: documentation, templates, and office hours
Required Skills
7+ years operating production infrastructure on AWS, with strong knowledge of distributed systems, multi-tier architectures, and application security
Data platforms: designing and operating SQL databases (e.g., Amazon Aurora), NoSQL/search (e.g., Elasticsearch/OpenSearch), and key-value caches (e.g., Redis/ElastiCache)
Schema design for high-throughput applications
Database performance tuning and cluster scaling experience
Proficiency with containers and schedulers (Docker with ECS and/or Kubernetes)
Hands-on Terraform and Git-based workflows, including tests for infrastructure changes
Observability: metrics/logs/traces, SLO-based alerting, and incident response fundamentals
Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, load balancing (L4/L7)
Ability to write clean, maintainable code for automation, monitoring, and tooling in at least one language such as Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go
Clear communicator and mentor; comfortable leading deep technical design discussions across teams and mentoring junior engineers
Desired Skills
Working knowledge of ProxySQL, query processing, and routing
Experience with Delta Lake and S3 (data lake patterns, partitioning, lifecycle policies)
Experience improving 24/7 on-call health: reducing pages, building automation, tightening feedback loops
Pragmatic knowledge of AWS platform services and their trade-offs
Interest in service-oriented architectures: availability, eventual consistency, and fault tolerance
Compensation and Benefits
At Scribd, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. The salary ranges vary by location. Details include:
- United States (California): $167,000 to $260,500
- United States (outside California): $137,500 to $247,500
- Canada: CAD 175,000 to CAD 231,500
We consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including experience, skills, education, and other business needs. This position is eligible for equity and a comprehensive benefits package.
Working at Scribd
Are you based where Scribd can employ you? Primary residence should be in or near listed cities in the United States, Canada, or Mexico to align with our in-person collaboration expectations.
Benefits, Perks, And Wellbeing Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
12 weeks paid parental leave
Short-term/long-term disability plans
401k/RSP matching
Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals
Learning & Development allowance
Quarterly wellness and productivity stipends
Mental health resources
Free Scribd product subscriptions
Volunteer days and employee resource groups
Access to AI tools to boost productivity
Equal Employment Opportunity
Scribd is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply and believe that diversity leads to better ideas.
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Join to apply for the
Staff Infrastructure Engineer
role at
Scribd, Inc.
About Scribd and the role details are described in the sections below.
About The Company
At Scribd (pronounced “scribbed”), our mission is to spark human curiosity. We empower collective expertise through our products: Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare. We support a culture that balances flexibility with collaboration and prioritizes the customer.
About The Role
You will architect and operate a modern, service-oriented AWS environment and partner with service owners as we deepen our AWS-centric model. You will work to improve reliability, performance, and observability for a suite used by 250+ million people each month.
Design, build, and operate core platform components (ECS/EKS, networking, load balancing, logging, metrics, tracing, caching, and storage)
Provide architectural guidance, operational support, and capacity planning for Amazon Aurora (MySQL- and PostgreSQL-compatible) clusters
Define SLOs and actionable alerting; reduce MTTR and alert noise through automation and better signals
Ship infrastructure as code (Terraform) with reviewed modules, tests, and CI/CD
Run migrations and modernizations (e.g., containerization, service patterns, data platform upgrades) with clear runbooks and rollout plans
Partner with product teams to shift operational ownership; coach teams on runbooks, dashboards, and reliability best practices
Improve cost efficiency, performance, and security by design (least-privilege IAM, secret management, and network boundaries)
Participate in an on-call rotation and lead blameless postmortems that drive lasting fixes
Contribute to a paved-road developer experience: documentation, templates, and office hours
Required Skills
7+ years operating production infrastructure on AWS, with strong knowledge of distributed systems, multi-tier architectures, and application security
Data platforms: designing and operating SQL databases (e.g., Amazon Aurora), NoSQL/search (e.g., Elasticsearch/OpenSearch), and key-value caches (e.g., Redis/ElastiCache)
Schema design for high-throughput applications
Database performance tuning and cluster scaling experience
Proficiency with containers and schedulers (Docker with ECS and/or Kubernetes)
Hands-on Terraform and Git-based workflows, including tests for infrastructure changes
Observability: metrics/logs/traces, SLO-based alerting, and incident response fundamentals
Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, load balancing (L4/L7)
Ability to write clean, maintainable code for automation, monitoring, and tooling in at least one language such as Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go
Clear communicator and mentor; comfortable leading deep technical design discussions across teams and mentoring junior engineers
Desired Skills
Working knowledge of ProxySQL, query processing, and routing
Experience with Delta Lake and S3 (data lake patterns, partitioning, lifecycle policies)
Experience improving 24/7 on-call health: reducing pages, building automation, tightening feedback loops
Pragmatic knowledge of AWS platform services and their trade-offs
Interest in service-oriented architectures: availability, eventual consistency, and fault tolerance
Compensation and Benefits
At Scribd, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. The salary ranges vary by location. Details include:
- United States (California): $167,000 to $260,500
- United States (outside California): $137,500 to $247,500
- Canada: CAD 175,000 to CAD 231,500
We consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including experience, skills, education, and other business needs. This position is eligible for equity and a comprehensive benefits package.
Working at Scribd
Are you based where Scribd can employ you? Primary residence should be in or near listed cities in the United States, Canada, or Mexico to align with our in-person collaboration expectations.
Benefits, Perks, And Wellbeing Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
12 weeks paid parental leave
Short-term/long-term disability plans
401k/RSP matching
Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals
Learning & Development allowance
Quarterly wellness and productivity stipends
Mental health resources
Free Scribd product subscriptions
Volunteer days and employee resource groups
Access to AI tools to boost productivity
Equal Employment Opportunity
Scribd is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply and believe that diversity leads to better ideas.
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