Senior Manager, Developer Tooling

Scribd (Headquarters: US, Canada | ONSITE or REMOTE)

Engineering Management Developer Tools Developer Experience AI Code AI Ruby on Rails Go JavaScript TypeScript Cloud Infrastructure IaC Observability Remote AI Engineer Management

**About Scribd:**
Scribd's mission is to spark human curiosity. We operate Scribd, Everand, and SlideShare, serving millions of readers worldwide with documents, ebooks, audiobooks, and presentations. We're a YC '06 company with over 2M+ paying subscribers and one of the largest Ruby on Rails sites. We foster a people-first, engineering-driven culture, valuing ambition alongside work-life balance. We hire for GRIT (Goals, Results, Innovation, Team).

**About The Team:**
The Developer Tooling team empowers & supports Scribd's 150+ engineers throughout the software development lifecycle. We identify opportunities to drive impactful improvements from initial problem approach through development, release, and production observability. We provide robust tools and frameworks, including our remote development environment, service foundation frameworks, critical infrastructure management (networking, service discovery), and improving our Monolith's development foundations. The team is remote-first across North America & western Europe.

**About The Role:**
As the Senior Engineering Manager for Developer Tooling, you will lead a team focused on enhancing the development experience and productivity across Scribd Engineering. You'll shape the future of development by:
*   Driving technical strategy balancing immediate needs with long-term excellence.
*   Spearheading our code AI strategy: integrating and customizing AI-powered coding agents and driving adoption.
*   Scaling developer productivity improvements via AI solutions with measurable outcomes.
*   Collaborating with engineering teams & leaders to understand and meet their needs.
*   Building and scaling development foundations for our engineering organization.
You will be at the forefront of leveraging evolving AI coding tools to transform how our teams build software.

**Key Attributes & Requirements:**
*   4+ years of engineering management experience (leading high-performing full-stack or platform teams).
*   5+ years of senior-level (or above) software engineering experience.
*   Leadership experience driving innovative initiatives with measurable impact.
*   Track record of building and supporting mission-critical developer tools.
*   Deep technical understanding of software development workflows and bottlenecks.
*   Proven ability to foster engineering excellence and best practices.
*   Ability to balance innovation with practical solutions.

**Experience We Value:**
*   Ruby on Rails, Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems.
*   Modern cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools.
*   Observability & development lifecycle tools.
*   Application networking and service frameworks.
*   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 navigating diverse technical ecosystems.

**Remote Work:**
Remote employees must have their primary residence in: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Ontario (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), or Mexico. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all employees for collaboration, culture, and connection.