3h ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Core

San Francisco

$225k-$255k / year

full-timelead Hybridsoftware

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead development of new features in our Django monolith, focusing on the core experience of viewing and editing Scribes. You'll collaborate with product and design to deliver intuitive editing and rendering experiences at scale. This role offers an opportunity to shape the future of our product and mentor other engineers.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Lead development of new features in the Django monolith for core viewing and editing
  • Optimize database queries, endpoints, and caching layers for performance and scalability
  • Make architectural decisions about monolith vs service extraction
  • Set high bar for engineering excellence through code reviews and mentorship

📋 Requirements

  • 8+ years experience building backend applications at high scale and availability
  • Extensive experience with Python
  • Strong ability to optimize endpoint performance and database queries
  • Strong advocate for automated testing

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience with Django
  • Startup experience

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🏥 Comprehensive healthcare benefits
  • 🏖️ Flexible PTO
  • 💰 Exciting and motivating equity
  • 👶 Parental leave
  • 💻 WFH stipend

📨 Hiring Process

Send a POST request to https://apply.scribe.com with full_name, email, github_url, and resume_url in JSON body.

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