Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (Developer Tooling)
Published on December 12, 2024
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Our flexible work benefit - Scribd Flex - enables employees, in partnership with their manager, to choose the daily work-style that best suits their individual needs. As an organization, we prioritize collaboration and intentional in-person moments to build culture and connection. For this reason, occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd employees, regardless of their location.
About The Team
The Developer Tooling team is oriented around empowering & supporting engineers throughout the software development lifecycle. From when a developer sits down to start on a problem, through development & iteration and through to release & production observability - the team looks for opportunities where we can drive improvements & impact. The team provides tools & processes that aim to achieve the best developer experience & productivity for developers at Scribd.
The Developer Tooling team builds & provides development foundations that teams can leverage to make building & owning their systems and distributed services a great experience. This includes:
• Building and maintaining our innovative remote development environment
• Providing service foundation frameworks that enable rapid service development & operations
• Managing critical infrastructure for networking and service discovery
• Improving the development foundations of our Monolith
The team is remote-first; spread across time zones in North America & western Europe. They work collaboratively with other teams to support and enhance the overall engineering experience at Scribd.
About The Role
The Senior Engineering Manager for Developer Tooling will lead a team of engineers focused on improving the development experience and productivity of engineering at Scribd. In this role, you will lead efforts supporting a broad set of engineers working across multiple platforms & technologies and all of our three product brands. In this role, you will have an opportunity to have a significant impact on all of Scribd Engineering (150+ developers).
You'll lead a team that shapes the future of development experience at Scribd by:
• Driving technical strategy that balances immediate needs with long-term excellence- Identifying & addressing tooling gaps for development teams at Scribd
• Leading innovation in developer tooling, including AI-powered advancements
• Collaborating closely with engineering leaders across Scribd
• Building and scaling development foundations that power our engineering organization
Key Attributes
• Ruby on Rails, Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript
• AWS Cloud Infrastructure (ECS, EKS)
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• Tooling (Datadog, Sentry, Github)
• Application Networking (CDNs, Fastly, App Mesh, etc.)
• Vendor relationship and budget management
Experience We Value
• Ruby on Rails, Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript
• AWS Cloud Infrastructure (ECS, EKS)
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)Tooling (Datadog, Sentry, Github)
• Application Networking (CDNs, Fastly, App Mesh, etc.)
• Vendor relationship and budget management
What Sets You Apart
• Vision & passion for modern developer experiences
• Experience scaling developer productivity initiatives
• Track record of successful cross-team collaboration
• Comfort & ability to navigate and work with diverse technical ecosystems
At Scribd, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United States. In the state of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $175,500 [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California] to $273,500 [maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California].
In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $144,500 [minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California] to $245,000 [maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California].
In Canada, the reasonably expected salary range is between $181,500 CAD[minimum salary in our lowest geographic market] to $269,000 CAD[maximum salary in our highest geographic market].
We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership, and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.
Benefits, Perks, and Wellbeing at Scribd
*Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Scribd and the geographical location where you work.
• Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Short-term/long-term disability plans
• 401k/RSP matching
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning & Development programs
• Quarterly stipend for Wellness, Connectivity & Comfort
• Mental Health support & resources
• Free subscription to Scribd + gift memberships for friends & family
• Referral Bonuses
• Book Benefit
• Sabbaticals
• Company wide events
• Team engagement budgets
• Vacation & Personal Days
• Paid Holidays (+ winter break)
• Flexible Sick Time
• Volunteer Day
• Company-wide Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programs
Want to learn more about life at Scribd? www.linkedin.com/company/scribd/life
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