Descript · 17 hours ago
Software Engineer, Core (Senior or Staff)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/StaffDescript is building the next-generation AI-powered platform for audio and video content creation. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own technical design, implementation, and delivery of features, particularly around Identity management, while collaborating across teams to improve the tech stack and provide mentorship to other engineers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AudioConsumer SoftwareMusicSpeech RecognitionVideo Editing
Responsibilities
Own technical design, implementation, and delivery of features across all levels of the stack (frontend and backend), in particular on the Identity surface (auth, permissions, team management)
Write high-quality testable code that's functional, long term maintainable and performant
Drive exploration, alignment and cross-team collaboration for owned projects and surfaces
Prioritize the highest impact work by balancing Engineering interests with business outcomes and product/design requirements
Proactively improve the tech stack with tooling, abstractions, and test infrastructure
Provide knowledge transfers, pairing time and mentorship for other Engineers
Give constructive feedback in retros, RFCs, and PRs. Conversely, receive feedback and turn it into positive change
Qualification
Required
Full-stack product engineer. It's ok if you don't love CSS, but you should be comfortable integrating and debugging functionality and logic end to end and think about systems holistically
Well versed in web development and associated devtools
Technologies: Typescript, REST API development, relational DBs
Track record evolving complex systems to accommodate growth while maintaining stability
Comfortable walking off the beaten path, at the edge of systems
Competent thinking about security risks & mitigations
Experience integrating 3rd party services
Strong at testing and debugging
Solid collaboration and communication
Growth mindset
Preferred
AI curious: You've explored AI tools, recognize them as useful for specific situations, and know how to use them effectively while acknowledging their limitations
Experience building account management features such as Invite flows, domain discovery, team management
Enterprise features like audit logs, SSO and SCIM
Opinions/experience with authz at scale: roles, permissions, RBAC, FGA
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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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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