Senior Backend Engineer, Data Ingestion
Software Engineering
Remote
About Scribe
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.
📌 About the Role
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.
🛠️ What You'll Do
Architect and evolve large-scale data ingestion and processing pipelines
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
🔍 What We're Looking For
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.
📍 Location
Hybrid. Based in San Francisco. We work from the office 3 days per week.
💰 Compensation
Salary varies by location. All full-time employees receive equity in Scribe. Final offers depend on experience and scope.
🎁 Benefits
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
At Scribe, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. Scribe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.