Backend Engineer, Data Ingestion
At a glance
Mid-level Backend Engineering role at Scribe. San Francisco · full-time · $140,000–$215,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and launch backend projects, from shaping the design through delivery on existing and new products
- Create services that receive, batch, store and forward captured activity to the AI pipeline
- Tune services, queries, endpoints and caching to improve speed and reliability in critical workflows
- Use reviews, tests and observability to maintain engineering quality, and join on-call for systems you build
What you bring
- At least two years building backend applications
- Strong Python or Go skills, or backend experience in another language and readiness to use Python and Go
- Hands-on familiarity with queues, object storage and relational or time-series databases
- Experience diagnosing a production issue using metrics and logs
Who this fits
This mid-level backend role suits an engineer who cares about user problems and can work through ambiguous projects and changing priorities. You’ll work from San Francisco in a hybrid setup, with three office days each week and Monday and Wednesday as anchor days. The role includes an on-call rotation.
From the employer
About Scribe
Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to own their specialized intelligence: the unique way their teams work, decide, and get things done. Our Specialized Intelligence platform automatically captures how work happens and turns it into a living asset for people and AI agents.
We're growing fast. Since our founding in 2019, we've reached 7 million users across 600,000 businesses. Based in San Francisco, we're a LinkedIn Top Startup, valued at over $1B, and backed by leading investors. Join us in our mission to transform how people work.
About the role
As a Backend Software Engineer on Data Ingestion, you’ll work on the systems that bring captured activity into Scribe: receiving, batching, storing and handing it on to the AI pipeline, at the scale of hundreds of thousands of users and growing. The work is backend and infrastructure: throughput, reliability and cost.
What you'll do
Build projects from design to launch, on established products and new ones.
Collaborate with PMs, designers and other engineers to execute the build and how.
Contribute to technical discussions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term architecture.
Uphold strong engineering practices: code review, test coverage and observability.
Build and operate high-throughput backend services and the queues and storage behind them.
Improve the performance and reliability of services, database queries, endpoints and caching across critical workflows.
Take part in the on-call rotation for the systems you build
What we're looking for
2+ years building experience building backend applications
Product-minded. You care about the user problem as much as the code
Comfortable with unclear problems and fast change
Strong Python or Go experience, or experience in another backend language and willingness to work across Python and Go
Familiar with queues, object storage, and relational or time-series databases
Has debugged a production problem from metrics and logs
User-centric, empathetic, and passionate about your work
Nice to have: AI/LLM product experience, startup experience
Why you'll love working here
Hard, open problems. Nobody hands you a finished spec. You'll decide what to build with your PM and designer, then own how it performs.
The reach of a unicorn, the headcount of a startup. We went from $1M to $100M ARR in under four years, with fewer than 200 people. That means more pie than people: scope grows with your impact. Customers like T-Mobile, LinkedIn, HubSpot, New York Life and Northern Trust run on Scribe, so what you own reaches some of the biggest names in business.
Smart is the floor. Kind is the bar. Low ego, high standards. We compete as a collective and love to see each other win, and One Team, One Dream is one of the most shouted-out values in #values.
Compensation & Location
Hybrid, based in San Francisco. We work from the office 3 days per week, with Mondays and Wednesdays being anchor days.
All full-time employees receive equity in Scribe. Final offers depend on experience and scope.
Benefits
Healthcare Coverage – Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including two $0/month medical plan options for employees
Equity – Ownership in what we’re building
401(k) plan through Vestwell
Flex Benefit – $500/year for home office equipment, productivity tools, learning & development or fitness/wellness
Commuter Benefits – $100/month for SF based employees
PTO – Flexible paid time off and company holidays
Parental Leave – Paid leave to support growing families
Wellness & Family Support – Free Talkspace membership, One Medical access (location-dependent), and Kindbody discounts for family planning
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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.
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