Engineering Manager (Platform)

About us

Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to document and scale how work gets done. We’re growing fast — since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown to over 4 million users across 600,000 businesses. Based in San Francisco, we've raised $55M in funding from top-tier investors and are honored to have been named as a Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup and LinkedIn Top Startup. Join us in our mission to uplevel how people do work.

How we work

We are builders aspiring to master our crafts. We care deeply about our teammates and want to win, together. We embrace the following values:

• Accelerate impact

• Raise the bar

• Make our users heroes

• Clear is kind

• Rapid learning machine

• One team one dream

About the role

Scribe’s Platform team provides the secure, scalable foundations that power every feature in our product—authentication, authorization, role-based access control, SSO/SCIM provisioning, team settings, and the full document lifecycle. As Engineering Manager, you will lead a predominantly backend team, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability while enabling rapid product iteration. You will define technical strategy, drive execution against clear outcomes, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning. The team conducts most day-to-day discussions in Serbian, so fluency is essential.

We work with React, Next.js, Django, Postgres, and AWS. While experience with these technologies is helpful, we value adaptability and a willingness to learn just as much.

👉Read Why I joined Scribe (and Why I Stayed) by Luka Filipovic, one of Scribes first engineers!

Responsibilities

• Set the platform vision. Develop and maintain a roadmap that anticipates customer and internal engineering needs as Scribe grows.

• Own product outcomes. Collaborate with Product, Design, and Security to prioritize and deliver high-impact admin and enterprise capabilities.

• Engineer for reliability and compliance. Establish standards, reviews, and automation that keep our services available, auditable, and secure.

• Drive disciplined execution. Convert strategy into delivered services and UI components, balancing speed with long-term maintainability.

• Develop top talent. Recruit, mentor, and retain a diverse team of engineers, providing clear growth paths and feedback.

• Elevate engineering culture. Model Scribe’s values—Accelerate Impact, Raise the Bar, Clear is Kind—while championing a “platform as product” mindset.

• Enable the wider organization. Produce documentation, processes, and reusable libraries that make it seamless for all Scribe teams to integrate platform services.

About you

• Leadership experience. 3+ years managing high-performing engineering teams, ideally focused on platform, security, or infrastructure.

• Technical depth. 10+ years of software development experience with modern backend frameworks (e.g., Django) and cloud infrastructure.

• Proven execution. Demonstrated success shipping authentication, authorization, or enterprise-grade admin features at scale.

• Security mindset. Comfortable embedding best practices and compliance requirements into everyday development.

• People development. Track record of hiring, coaching, and retaining engineers who raise the collective bar.

• Continuous improvement. Passionate about learning, measuring impact, and iterating on both product and process.

• Clear communication. Able to create alignment across functions and geographies, driving clarity in ambiguous situations.

• Language proficiency. Fluent in Serbian and English; comfortable leading meetings, documentation, and cross-team collaboration in both languages.

Full-time International Employee Benefits Include

• Some of the nicest and smartest teammates you’ll ever work with

• Competitive salaries

• Flexible PTO

• Parental Leave

• WFH Stipend

Compensation

Compensation will be determined based on a candidate’s level of experience and location.

We consider several factors when determining compensation, including location, experience, and other job-related factors. 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. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. Scribe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.