Descript is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join us at Descript as we build the next generation platform for easy and fast creation of audio and video content powered by cutting-edge AI. We're looking for frontend engineers who will help us refine and expand our web-based, collaborative audio and video editing tool.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Industry experience in a frontend software engineering role
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages and frontend frameworks, especially Typescript/Javascript/React
• Pride in delivering high-quality, maintainable, observable, debuggable features
• Desire to take ownership, and resourcefulness to find answers and simplify problems
• Self aware of strengths and seeking to constantly learn and improve
• Strong written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver a high quality user experience
• Develop and refine front-end architecture and best practices to support a fast-moving product engineering team
• Work alongside AI researchers to build innovative user experiences around the state-of-the-art advancements in AI
• Iterate on our script-and-scene media editing paradigm to keep users in flow state during the editing process
• Push the web browser to its limit, writing high-performance code rivaling native applications

Benefits

• Generous healthcare package
• Catered lunches
• Flexible vacation time