Our four products — Scribd®, Slideshare®, EverandTM, and Fable — help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise. and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer. We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection.

Scribd

Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in‐person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long‐term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee. For us, it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

Fable

Core is the backend, infrastructure, and platform team behind Fable – a social reading product now part of Scribd, Inc. We care deeply about building a outstanding experience for our growing community of 1M+ monthly active users. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Fable Core team, you will set technical direction for the Fable backend and own the reliability and health of the platform that powers the product.

You will partner with product, design, ML, and infrastructure partners to turn ambiguous product intent into durable backend systems, lead incident response end‐to‐end, and raise the ceiling for the team through design leadership and mentorship. Python/Django, Postgres, Kubernetes, Datadog, GCP / AWS.



Set technical direction for the Fable backend – write and socialize technical design documents, drive architecture reviews, and turn ambiguous product intent into concrete backend design.

Own backend reliability and platform health, including staging, CI/CD, databases, queues, cost, and observability. Lead incident response and drive durable post‐mortems – write the doc, run the meeting, and make sure action items actually ship. Build and evolve the Fable backend platform so the team can ship faster and more safely.

Bring agentic engineering practices into the team's day‐to‐day work and help the team adopt them effectively. 10+ years of backend experience, including meaningful time in Python/Django and at least one other stack (Go, Node, Java/Kotlin, or similar). ~ Experience operating production systems on a major cloud – OLTP databases at scale, container orchestration, queueing, and CI/CD. ~ The ability to write a Technical Design Document (TDD) that a staff peer trusts and a product lead can understand, and to turn ambiguous product intent into concrete backend design. ~ Strong cross‐functional collaboration skills – you hold your own with senior PM, design, and ML partners, and you care more about the system landing than about being right. ~ Experience with subscription and entitlements systems (Stripe, RevenueCat, App Store / Play billing).

Experience working alongside ML teams on recommendation or feed systems.



Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location. In Canada, the reasonably expected salary range is between $179,000 CAD[minimum salary in our lowest geographic market] to $228,500 CAD[maximum salary in our highest geographic market]. relevant education or training; In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply.

This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership, and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

Scribd

Flex (flexible work model) Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage Mental health support and disability coverage Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals Paid parental leave and family support benefits Retirement matching and employee equity Wellness and home office stipends Enterprise access to leading AI tools If you apply for a job with Scribd or otherwise engage with us in connection with employment (including as an employee, contractor, or other personnel), the personal information we process in that context is subject to our Employee and Applicant Privacy Policy, which is available here. Scribd, Inc. 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 a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas.

Come join us in building something meaningful.

📌 Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Fable Core (Vancouver)
🏢 Scribd
📍 Vancouver