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Staff Backend Engineer, Core

San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and build high-scale backend systems for document viewing, editing, embeds, and exports that power Scribe's Specialized Intelligence platform.

Role type

Staff Backend Engineer (Core Systems)

Builds

Core document management features (viewing, editing, embeds, exports) and integrations for Scribe's platform

Domain

SaaS / Document Intelligence / High-scale Backend

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, backend application development at high scale, database query optimization, endpoint performance optimization, automated testing, system architecture design, mentoring

Preferred skills

Django, startup experience

Technologies

Python, Django, Django monolith

Responsibilities

Lead development of new features in the Django monolith, optimize database queries and caching layers, make architectural decisions on monolith extension vs service extraction, conduct code reviews and mentor engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship

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