Scribd, Inc. · 12 hours ago
Senior Frontend Engineer (Discovery Applications), React
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$146K/yr - $228K/yr
3+ years expScribd Inc. is dedicated to sparking human curiosity through its innovative products. They are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join the Discovery Applications team, focusing on building customer-facing web experiences powered by machine learning and generative AI.
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Responsibilities
Build and ship customer-facing frontend applications with React and TypeScript
Collaborate with other engineering teams, designers, and product managers
Contribute to the code strategy, architecture, implementation, delivery, and operation of systems, end-to-end
Advise on others' technical design and review code
Participate in interviews and mentor less experienced engineers
Consider testability, upgradeability, scalability, and observability throughout the development process
Qualification
Required
3–5 years building and shipping customer-facing frontend applications with React and TypeScript
Strong grasp of modern frontend fundamentals: state management, component architecture, accessibility, testing, and UI quality
Experience integrating frontends with APIs (REST/GraphQL) and comfort working in a Rails-backed product environment
Ability to build high-quality interactive experiences (including real-time/streaming UI patterns) with attention to UX polish
Strong understanding of web performance (profiling, bundling, rendering, caching) and a track record of improving it in production
Comfortable working in a codebase with shared patterns (monorepos, shared UI libraries, or platform constraints) and collaborating across teams
Excellent written and verbal communication; thrives in a remote, documentation-driven culture
Highly collaborative: partners closely with product, design, and backend to deliver end-to-end features
Preferred
Excited to build AI-powered product experiences end-to-end (0→1 prototyping, rapid iteration, and shipping to production)
Experience designing search, recommendations, and discovery UX (relevance, ranking, personalization, evaluation)
Familiarity with LLM/AI integrations in web apps (streaming UIs, prompt/tool patterns, human-in-the-loop workflows)
Experience with Next.js, GraphQL, and modern frontend architecture patterns
Built or evolved a design system / component library that enables fast, consistent product delivery
Comfort operating in high-traffic, high-visibility environments with real customer impact
Ability to diagnose and improve performance, caching, and observability in modern web applications
Benefits
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 + accessories
Learning & Development allowance
Learning & Development programs
Quarterly stipend for Wellness, WiFi, etc.
Mental Health support & resources
Free subscription to the Scribd Inc. suite of products
Referral Bonuses
Book Benefit
Sabbaticals
Company-wide events
Team engagement budgets
Vacation & Personal Days
Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
Flexible Sick Time
Volunteer Day
Company-wide Employee Resource Groups and programs that foster an inclusive and diverse workplace.
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Company
Scribd, Inc.
We're on a mission to spark human curiosity.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$106.75MKey Investors
Spectrum EquityKhosla VenturesMLC Australia,SVB Capital
2019-11-25Series E· $58M
2015-01-02Series D· $23M
2011-01-18Series C· $12M
Leadership Team
Tony Grimminck
Chief Executive Officer
Adrian Lienhard
VP, Infrastructure Engineering
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