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About The Company 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. About The Company 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. We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer. When it comes to workplace structure, we believe in balancing individual flexibility and community connections. Its through our flexible work benefit, Scribd Flex, that employees in partnership with their manager can choose the daily work-style that best suits their individual needs. A key tenet of Scribd Flex is our prioritization of intentional in-person moments to build collaboration, culture, and connection. For this reason, occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd employees, regardless of their location. So what are we looking for in new team members? Well, we hire for GRIT. The textbook definition of GRIT is demonstrating the intersection of passion and perseverance towards long term goals. At Scribd, we are inspired by the potential that this can unlock, and ask each of our employees to pursue a GRIT-ty approach to their work. In a tactical sense, GRIT is also a handy acronym that outlines the standards we hold ourselves and each other to. Heres what that means for you: were looking for someone who showcases the ability to set and achieve G oals, achieve R esults within their job responsibilities, contribute I nnovative ideas and solutions, and positively influence the broader T eam through collaboration and attitude. About The Team Core Infrastructure designs, operates, and evolves Scribds AWS platform. We build the paved roadsinfrastructure orchestration, networking, observability, caching, relational databases, and data platformsso product teams can move fast with confidence. Job Description Scribd is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to join the Core Infrastructure team and build the foundations that take Scribd into the future. Each day offers opportunities to deliver and to learn. We value inclusion and diverse perspectives. We review infrastructure changes in code, define SLOs, and run blameless postmortems; we build paved roads with guardrails for speed and reliability. If you dont meet every single requirement but are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply. Responsibilities You will architect and operate a modern, serviceoriented AWS environment and partner with service owners as we deepen our AWScentric model. Your work will improve reliability, performance, and observability for a suite of products used by 250+ million people each month. Design, build, and operate core platform components (ECS/EKS, networking, load balancing, logging, metrics, tracing, caching, and storage) Provide architectural guidance, operational support, and capacity planning for Amazon Aurora (MySQL and PostgreSQLcompatible) clusters Define SLOs and actionable alerting; reduce MTTR and alert noise through automation and better signals Ship infrastructure as code (Terraform) with reviewed modules, tests, and CI/CD Run migrations and modernizations (e.g., containerization, service patterns, data platform upgrades) with clear runbooks and rollout plans Partner with product teams to shift operational ownership; coach teams on runbooks, dashboards, and reliability best practices Improve cost efficiency, performance, and security by design (leastprivilege IAM, secret management, and network boundaries) Participate in an oncall rotation and lead blameless postmortems that drive lasting fixes Contribute to a pavedroad developer experience: documentation, templates, and office hours Requirements 7+ years operating production infrastructure on AWS, with strong knowledge of distributed systems, multitier architectures, and application security Data platforms: designing and operating SQL databases (e.g., Amazon Aurora), NoSQL/search (e.g., Elasticsearch/OpenSearch), and keyvalue caches (e.g., Redis/ElastiCache) Proficiency with containers and schedulers (Docker with ECS and/or Kubernetes) Handson Terraform and Gitbased workflows, including tests for infrastructure changes Observability: metrics/logs/traces, SLObased alerting, and incident response fundamentals Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, load balancing (L4/L7) Ability to write clean, maintainable code for automation, monitoring, and tooling in at least one language such as Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go Clear communicator and mentor; comfortable leading deep technical design discussions across teams and mentoring junior engineers What We Offer Competitive salary range: $167,000 - $260,500 (depending on location and experience) Equity ownership Comprehensive benefits package Flexible work arrangements Opportunities for growth and professional development Access to AI tools and resources Mental health support and resources Free subscription to Scribd products Referral bonuses Book benefit Sabbaticals Company-wide events Team engagement budgets Vacation and personal days Paid holidays Flexible sick time Volunteer day Employee resource groups and diversity programs How to Apply If you are a motivated and experienced Infrastructure Engineer looking to join a dynamic team, please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter, to . Equal Employment Opportunity 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr