Descript · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform and Enablement
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$180K/yr - $286K/yrDescript is building a next-generation AI-powered platform for creating audio and video content. The role involves developing and maintaining AI infrastructure, integrating models, and collaborating with various teams to ensure robust and efficient AI systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AudioConsumer SoftwareMusicSpeech RecognitionVideo Editing
Responsibilities
Build, maintain, and standardize third-party model integrations, including consulting for other engineering teams with AI model integration needs
Design, implement, and maintain our AI infrastructure supporting our machine learning life cycle, including data ingestion pipelines, training developer experience and infrastructure, evaluation frameworks, and deployments / GPU infrastructure
Collaborate with Product Managers, Research Engineers, and AI Researchers to understand their infrastructure needs and ensure our AI systems are robust, scalable, and efficient
Optimize and scale our models and algorithms for efficient inference
Deploy, monitor, and manage AI models in production
Qualification
Required
Experience in deploying and managing AI models in production
Experience with the tools of large volume data pipelines like spark, flume, dask, etc
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Knowledge of DevOps and MLOps best practices
Strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills
Preferred
Experience with generative AI models
Familiarity with audio and video processing
Knowledge of Python, C/C++, CUDA, and experience profiling GPU performance and distributed training runs
Experience with machine learning frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow or similar
Benefits
Generous healthcare package
401k matching program
Catered lunches
Flexible vacation time
Company
Descript
Descript is a collaborative audio and video editor that transcribes audio to a text document for editing, training, and collaboration.
Founded in 2017
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (4)
2023 (3)
2022 (6)
2021 (4)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$100MKey Investors
OpenAISpark CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2022-10-27Series C· $50M
2021-02-01Series B· $30M
2019-09-18Series A· $15M
Leadership Team
Sophie Hinkley
VP People
Andrew Mason
Executive Chair
Recent News
2025-11-24
International Business Times
2025-11-07
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