Staff Backend Engineer – Payments

Staff Backend Engineer – Payments & Billing At Scribd (pronounced “scribbed”), our mission is to spark human curiosity. Join our team as we create a world of stories and knowledge, democratize the exchange of ideas and information, and empower collective expertise through our three products: Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare. What You’ll Do Lead the technical architecture and implementation of Scribd’s payments and billing systems, the backbone of our subscription business. Design, build, and operate backend services that power subscription payments at global scale. Own billing lifecycle, global payments, invoicing, reconciliation, and financial reliability—integrating with multiple providers (Stripe, Adyen, Braintree) and supporting international currencies and local methods. Ensure compliance and security of financial systems through PCI DSS, tokenization, encryption, and secure data handling. Foster a culture of technical excellence while driving scalable, resilient, and observable financial systems that enable teams to move fast, simplify complexity, and deliver revenue with confidence. Modernize legacy systems and eliminate technical debt to improve velocity and scalability. Partner with Product, Finance, Risk, Platform, and Analytics to deliver secure, reliable financial flows, leveraging data, metrics, and telemetry to uncover trends, resolve anomalies, and guide the team with clarity and foresight. Mentor engineers, shape cross-team technical strategy, and tackle some of the hardest scaling and security challenges in the company. We’re Looking For Someone Who Has 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with deep expertise in building and scaling distributed systems for financial or mission-critical workloads. Brings a strong foundation in data modeling, transactional consistency, and high-throughput architectures, with hands‑on SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and familiarity with NoSQL and caching. Is skilled in observability and reliability practices: defining SLOs, implementing metrics/alerts, debugging distributed systems, and leading incident response. Has strong coding ability in at least one modern backend language such as Ruby (preferred), Java, Go, or Python, with a focus on clean, maintainable, and secure code. Has a proven track record of technical leadership: setting architectural direction, mentoring engineers, and driving large‑scale migrations or modernization efforts. Communicates clearly and collaborates across product, finance, risk, and platform teams, influencing both technical and business decisions. Contributes to cross‑team initiatives (mentoring, architecture review groups, knowledge sharing) that shape Scribd’s engineering culture. It’s a Plus If You Has strong coding ability in Ruby. Have deep experience designing and operating payment or billing systems. Have integrated with major payment service providers (Stripe, Adyen, Braintree, PayPal) and managed multi‑currency or local payment methods. Bring knowledge of compliance and security standards (PCI DSS, encryption, tokenization). Understand fraud prevention strategies (chargebacks, retries, card fingerprinting, abuse detection). Have led large-scale migrations between payment providers or billing systems with minimal customer impact. In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $137,500 and $247,500. In California this range is $167,000 to $260,500. In Canada the range is $175,000 to $231,500 CAD. Benefits, Perks, And Wellbeing At Scribd Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees 12 weeks paid parental leave Short-term/long-term disability plans 401k/RSP matching Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals + accessories Learning & Development allowance Learning & Development programs Quarterly stipend for Wellness, WiFi, etc. Mental Health support & resources Free subscription to the Scribd Inc. suite of products 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 Employee Resource Groups and programs that foster an inclusive and diverse workplace. Access to AI Tools: We provide free access to best-in-class AI tools, empowering you to boost productivity, streamline workflows, and accelerate bold innovation. Want to learn more about life at Scribd? www.linkedin.com/company/scribd/life Scribd is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply, and believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful. Scribd wants our interview process to be accessible to everyone. If you need adjustments at any point, please email accommodations@scribd.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr