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# Lead Analytics Engineer, AI Native Self Service Analytics at Scribd, Inc.

- **Company:** Scribd, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/scribdinc/cb41eb3b-7946-44eb-a0e7-3c488680c2d3

## Job description

Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products — Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable — help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise.

Culture at Scribd, Inc. 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.

We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection. Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location.

So what are we looking for in new team members? At Scribd, Inc., we hire for “GRIT.” Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee. For us, it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

This posting reflects an approved, open position within the organization.

The Team Data & Analytics is building the DNA of an AI native Scribd, Inc. Bringing together Analytics Engineering, Data Science, and Data Analytics, D&A partners across product, technology, content, and the business to scale intelligence, advance understanding, shape strategy, and turn insight into lasting growth across our four brand portfolio. Making this ambition real at scale starts with Analytics Engineering. The team transforms fragmented data, inconsistent definitions, and dispersed analytical knowledge into trusted, reusable, production quality data foundations and products that enable intelligence to scale across the company. In partnership with Engineering, Analytics Engineers ensure critical data is captured, centralized, documented, secured, and governed. The team builds canonical datasets, shared metrics, and semantic layers, together with the quality, observability, lineage, and evaluation systems that make these assets trustworthy. On top of this foundation, Analytics Engineers develop AI agents and analytical tools that bring reliable intelligence directly into the decisions and workflows of teams across the company.

## The Role

We’re hiring for a Principal/Lead Analytics Engineer to scale data for an AI native Scribd, Inc. In this role, you will shape the technical foundations, modeling standards, and development practices that allow Analytics Engineering to move faster with greater confidence. You will operate as a senior individual contributor, deeply connected to the work, trusted for your judgment, and able to raise the quality of systems, decisions, and execution across teams.

Your impact will come through technical leadership. Your strong strategic judgment is paired with enough proximity to the work to guide technical decisions credibly. You will connect Analytics Engineering investments to company priorities, communicate tradeoffs clearly to senior leaders, and contribute thoughtfully to decisions about data modeling, architecture, governance, quality, tooling, and developer experience. Your pragmatic approach keeps the organization moving forward. Rather than waiting for an ideal end state, you will think in sequences and ask, “What is the right next version?” Communication happens early and often because transparency, thoughtful feedback, and visible decision making build trust and help teams move with confidence. The transformation happening through AI is an opportunity to expand what talented teams can accomplish. Agentic coding, AI assisted development and analysis, and automated workflows can increase human judgment, creativity, and impact rather than replace them. You approach these technologies with curiosity and pragmatism, applying them where they create clear and measurable value. Above all, this role is about strengthening the discipline of Analytics Engineering. Success is reflected in data systems that are more reliable, understandable, scalable, and useful, and in teams that become more capable because of your technical leadership.

The Essentials

- 10/8+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence engineering or a related discipline
- Depth in building governed, canonical data models and semantic layers, giving core business concepts one authoritative, discoverable definition instead of letting teams reconcile competing sources
- Experience designing the data quality, observability, documentation, governance, access control, privacy, lineage, and evaluation systems that ensure data and AI products are reliable, explainable, trustworthy, and safe to operate at scale
- Experience designing and building canonical data models and semantic layers that support self-serve analytics at scale for Finance, Legal, Operations, Marketing, Research, and other business teams.
- Advanced SQL skills and production experience with modern data stack, including AWS, Databricks, Airbyte, Fivetran, Looker, or comparable platforms
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional data initiatives from strategy through production adoption and measurable business impact
- Strong judgment in balancing immediate stakeholder needs with long term investments in reusable data products, platform health, and technical debt reduction
- Excellent written and verbal communication with technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior executives

The Nice to Haves

- Advanced Python
- Experience leading data cleanup efforts and implementing role based access controls and data retention policies to improve data quality, security, and governance
- Experience leading on call rotations, coordinating incident response, resolving production issues, and driving follow up improvements that strengthen system reliability

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At Scribd, Inc., your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United States.

In the state of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $179,000 [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California] to $253,500 [maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California].

In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $149,000 [minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California] to $240,500 [maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California].

In Canada, the reasonably expected salary range is between $178,000 CAD[minimum salary in our lowest geographic market] to $227,000 CAD[maximum salary in our highest geographic market].

We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership, and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

Working at Scribd, Inc. Are you currently based in a location where Scribd, Inc. can employ you? Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities. This includes surrounding metro areas or locations within a typical commuting distance:

United States: Atlanta | Austin | Boston | Dallas | Denver | Chicago | Houston | Jacksonville | Los Angeles | Miami | New York City | Phoenix | Portland | Sacramento | Salt Lake City | San Diego | San Francisco | Seattle | Washington D.C.

Canada: Ottawa | Toronto | Vancouver

Mexico: Mexico City

Benefits at Scribd, Inc.

- Scribd Flex (flexible work model)
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Mental health support and disability coverage
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals
- Paid parental leave and family support benefits
- Retirement matching and employee equity
- Learning and development programs and professional growth opportunities
- Wellness and home office stipends
- Complimentary access to the Scribd, Inc. suite of products
- Enterprise access to leading AI tools

Get to Know Scribd, Inc. [About Scribd, Inc.](https://www.scribdinc.com/about) [Life at Scribd, Inc.](https://bit.ly/ScribdonLinkedin)

We want our interview process to be accessible to everyone. You can inform us of any reasonable adjustments we can make to better accommodate your needs by emailing accommodations@scribd.com about the need for adjustments at any point in the interview process. If you apply for a job with Scribd, Inc. or otherwise engage with us in connection with employment (including as an employee, contractor, or other personnel), the personal information we process in that context is subject to our Employee and Applicant Privacy Policy, which is available [here](https://support.scribd.com/hc/en-us/articles/49754646187284-Employee-and-Applicant-Privacy-Policy-and-Notice-at-Collection). Scribd, Inc. 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.

## About Scribd, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Scribd, Inc. is an AI-powered knowledge company on a mission to advance human understanding through a family of content platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by investors including Redpoint Ventures, Spectrum Equity, LGT Capital Partners, and Tencent)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, United States
- **Founded**: 2007
- **Founders**: Not publicly available in provided sources

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Digital content subscription, knowledge management, social reading, professional presentations
- Target customers: B2C (readers, audiobook listeners), B2B/professionals (researchers, academics, business professionals through Scribd and SlideShare), and community-driven readers (Fable)
- Mission statement: “Advance human understanding” by moving users from information access to real understanding and application

## Products & Services
- **[Scribd](https://www.scribdinc.com/)**: Applied knowledge platform with 300M+ community-uploaded documents, research papers, legal filings, academic materials, and manuals. (Subscription $11.99/mo.)
- **[SlideShare](https://www.scribdinc.com/)**: Collection of 25 million presentations uploaded by subject matter experts, used by professionals and academics for inspiration and expertise sharing. (Included with Scribd subscription.)
- **[Everand](https://www.scribdinc.com/)**: Digital content subscription home to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and podcasts, including bestselling and iconic titles. Tiered plans starting at $11.99/mo.
- **[Fable](https://www.scribdinc.com/)**: Leading social reading platform where readers discover, discuss, and share books through curated book clubs and personalized experiences. Free + Fable Plus paid options.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 2M+ paying subscribers; 400M+ pieces of content; 250M+ monthly visitors; content in over 50 languages; 30M+ hours read per month (from scribdinc.com)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Redpoint Ventures, Spectrum Equity, LGT Capital Partners, Tencent (as stated on about page); partnerships with top publishing houses
- **Growth Signals**: Deliberate unbundling of products in 2023; acquisition of Fable in 2025 (adding social reading); expansion to team locations across US, Canada, UK, Mexico & Netherlands; 300+ employees; AI-powered product enhancements

## Competitive Advantages
- Massive, diverse content library spanning documents, presentations, ebooks, audiobooks, and social reading – all under one parent entity
- AI integration to improve content discovery and understanding, described as “applied knowledge”
- Strong brand recognition with Scribd, SlideShare, Everand, and now Fable reaching distinct but overlapping audiences
- Backed by top-tier investors with long-term support

## Strategic Focus
- Continue product unbundling to better serve distinct user needs (research vs. leisure reading vs. professional learning)
- Expand AI capabilities to close the gap between information access and real understanding
- Grow subscription revenue across multiple platforms (Scribd, SlideShare, Everand, Fable)
- Deepen community engagement through social reading (Fable)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include “Prioritize the Customer,” “Act Like an Owner,” “Be Bold,” “Debate & Commit,” “Embrace Plot Twists,” and “Take Action.” Emphasis on transparency, trust, and cross-functional collaboration (Pillar Model, Lead With Care philosophy).
- **Work Style**: Scribd Flex – choose workstyle and location that enables best performance; built on trust and outcomes with intentional in-person connection.
- **Benefits** (from careers page):
  - Fully paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision; funded mental health support.
  - Wellness stipend (annual) for wellbeing, workspace, personal comfort.
  - Generous PTO including vacation, personal days, flexible sick time, winter break, volunteer time, milestone sabbaticals.
  - Fully paid parental leave plus fertility/reproductive health benefits.
  - Retirement matching and equity for every employee from day one.
  - Fully paid access to best-in-class AI tools and complimentary subscriptions to all products (Everand, Scribd, SlideShare, Fable).
  - Ongoing investment in learning: education support, certifications, conferences, coaching.
- **Engineering Culture**: Product-focused, with AI and content as core; employees are equipped with “tools and knowledge to move faster and think bigger.”

## Sources
1. [scribdinc.com/about](https://www.scribdinc.com/about)
2. [scribdinc.com/careers](https://www.scribdinc.com/careers)
3. [scribdinc.com/newsroom/what-is-scribd-inc](https://www.scribdinc.com/newsroom/what-is-scribd-inc)
4. [scribd.com/careers](https://www.scribd.com/careers)

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