Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure
Core
Design, build, and operate the Content Library, a unified storage and governance platform for Scribd's content, handling hundreds of billions of objects in S3 with transactional storage, dataset transforms, and low-latency retrieval.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure
Builds
The Content Library (unified storage, governance, and transform platform) for Scribd, Slideshare, Everand, and Fable products.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Data Storage
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Rust, Python, distributed systems, object storage (S3), columnar formats (Parquet/Arrow), relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), AWS, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), system design, performance optimization, technical leadership, mentorship
Preferred skills
Apache DataFusion, arrow-rs, parquet crate, open source contributions (Rust data ecosystem), data governance (lineage, access control, GDPR), FinOps, agentic AI workflows
Technologies
Rust, Python, S3, Apache Parquet, Apache Arrow, DataFusion, PostgreSQL, Aurora, AWS (Lambda, ECS), Terraform
Responsibilities
Design and implement core Rust services for transactional storage and low-latency retrieval; own features end-to-end including deployment and on-call operations; evolve the Python userland and support cross-company engineers; lead cross-functional projects with ML, search, and product teams; drive performance and cost-efficiency across the stack; strengthen data governance capabilities; mentor engineers and improve developer environment.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
