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Senior Software Engineer (Frontend), Search in Canada

Scribd
Full time
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Canada
10/11/2026
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Toronto

Responsibilities

Build and own customer-facing frontend experiences for search, recommendations, and generative AI features.
Contribute to software architecture, implementation, delivery, operation, scalability, observability, testability, and upgradeability.
Collaborate with backend, machine learning, platform, product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end features.
Advise on technical design, review code, participate in interviews, and mentor less experienced engineers.
Define frontend code strategy and incrementally modernize complex or legacy production codebases.
Consider performance, accessibility, SEO, quality, testing, and developer experience as first-class concerns.

Requirements

6+ years of professional frontend software engineering experience.
Deep experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
Hands-on experience with Next.js or similar modern web frameworks.
Understanding of web performance, bundling, and optimization techniques.
Familiarity with microfrontend architectures, monorepos, shared frontend platforms, or shared UI libraries.
Experience collaborating with backend and platform teams on clean integration patterns.
Experience operating in high-traffic, high-visibility environments with real user impact.
Strong frontend systems thinking, architecture, ownership, collaboration, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
Experience with large, complex, or legacy frontend codebases and production modernization is preferred.
Experience investing in testing and quality practices for large-scale migrations is preferred.

Benefits

Scribd Flex flexible work model with occasional in-person attendance required.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, plus mental health support and disability coverage.
Paid time off including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals.
Paid parental leave and family support benefits.
Retirement matching, employee equity, learning and development programs, and professional growth opportunities.
Wellness and home office stipends, complimentary access to Scribd products, and enterprise access to leading AI tools.
Employees must reside in or near specified cities in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.

Salary: $151k - $226k/yr

Scribd

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