Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

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.
Our flexible work benefit - Scribd Flex - enables employees, in partnership with their manager, to choose the daily work-style that best suits their individual needs. As an organization, we prioritize collaboration and intentional in-person moments to build culture and connection. For this reason, occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd employees, regardless of their location.
About the team and roleOur team’s mission is to grow revenue, reduce cost with sophisticated, reliable and secure domestic and international payments and authentication solutions. The Payments full stack team works on exciting projects that cover Product, Infrastructure, Finance, Risk, Customer support and assisting frontend and mobile teams via APIs. Major areas where teams work in are Modernize payments technologies: team strive to use state of the art payments solutions to provide the best experience to users. A big part of code is in a monolith. We are moving into service based architecture. Authentication: Team Implements and maintains secure communication protocols to protect user credentials and data during the authentication process. Conducting risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities in the authentication process and implementing measures to mitigate those risks.Ensuring that the authentication methods comply with relevant security standards, regulations, and industry best practices.Finance support: Payments is crucial for Scribd, it allows us to forecast revenue. We make sure finance is able to look at revenue generated and trace them back to every dollar collected. Reliable and redundant payment options: team is looking to utilize localized, reliable gateways and processors to provide the options which customers prefer globally.
About youYou’re a determined engineer who enjoys working with a team. You are confident yet humble in your skills and ability to be a productive developer. You care about code review as both a chance to present your work and to learn from others. You focus on long-term solutions, not just the quick fix, and you never skimp on testing. You are always learning and always working …