Descript · 20 hours ago
Infrastructure Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$191K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expDescript is on a mission to make audio and video content creation and editing fast, easy, and accessible to all. As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will drive projects that enhance the performance, availability, and quality of the infrastructure that supports other engineers. You will also own and improve the core production infrastructure, collaborating closely with engineering leadership to ensure reliability and performance.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AudioConsumer SoftwareMusicSpeech RecognitionVideo Editing
Responsibilities
Develop technical and business solutions that enable engineers to improve the quality and reliability of product features and systems that they build
Drive improvements to the reliability of our core infrastructure, such as production clusters, networking, databases, and observability systems
Champion best practices during reviews of code, technical designs, and launch plans
Own our incident management and fire drill processes
Work with engineering leadership to set goals and prioritize production reliability
Qualification
Required
5+ years experience in production/site-reliability engineering OR 5+ years of server-side software engineering with an interest in working on core infrastructure
A solid understanding of at least two of: public cloud infrastructure, Linux systems administration, and DevOps tooling
Basic coding skills to work on automation and technical guardrails
Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with other functions
Experience mentoring engineers, including code reviews, architecture discussions, and leadership skills
Preferred
TypeScript
Kubernetes
Google Cloud Platform
Terraform
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.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (4)
2023 (3)
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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
Member Board of Directors
Recent News
2025-11-24
International Business Times
2025-11-07
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