Software Engineer (Backend), Content Foundations

Scribd, Inc.

Full-time IT & Technology
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Location
ottawa, on, Canada
Posted
June 01, 2026

Job Description

About the Team & Role

The Content Foundations team builds the systems that power how content is uploaded, processed, and delivered across Scribd products, including ingestion pipelines, metadata extraction, quality controls, and the core artifacts that power search, recommendations, AI/ML systems, and the reading and listening experience.

What You’ll Do

  • Contribute to core content systems: Design and implement features within ingestion pipelines, metadata services, and content processing workflows under guidance from senior engineers and the Engineering Manager.
  • Build reliable, observable systems: Implement production-quality services that handle diverse file formats, malformed inputs, retries, asynchronous workflows, and edge cases.
  • Collaborate across teams: Partner with ML Engineering, Search & Discovery, the Content Library squad, and Product to build systems that balance perfo...