Software Engineer, Descript
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$191-250k
AI video & podcast editor
Open for applications
AI video & podcast editor
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$191-250k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make it easy for anyone o record, edit, and share any video.
Role
Who you are
- Bias towards action on shipping value to customers
- Intrinsic focus on quality through self, automation, bug bash testing
- Energy for exploring what’s possible with prototypes and emerging standards
- Technical fearlessness to ship big complex projects used by lots of customers
Desirable
- AV nerds, former DJs, or some experience with digital media
- Familiarity with WebRTC, MediaRecorder, or other real-time web media APIs
- Experience optimizing performance and quality for large, complex web applications
- Contributions to open source or personal projects in the audio/video or creative tools space
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced software engineer to build a best-in-class video editing and streaming platform to power the core editing and AI functionality of the app
- Collaborate with designers and product managers to implement designs from Figma
- Frontend engineering with web-standard media APIs, react components, and redux + sagas
- Cross-browser support with a web maximalist strategy, supported by native-augmentation in Electron
- Plan, ticket, and estimate projects with multi-team stakeholders and collaboration
- As such, we have a unified job title for our engineering roles where everyone, including those with Staff-level scope, is considered a Software Engineer
- While titles may not change, we are actively seeking Software Engineers with senior-or-higher-equivalent experience to join our team
Our take
The rise of digital content has made video and audio creation more important than ever, but producing polished media can still be quite complex. Descript makes editing accessible to anyone, simplifying recording, editing, and publishing. And its platform empowers over 7M users to bring ideas to life without needing advanced technical skills.
Descript's standout feature is its AI co-editor, Underlord, which lets users create and edit videos just by describing what they want,. It can generate rough cuts, add visuals and B-roll, apply AI effects, and format content for social media. While many creators are still wary of AI in content creation, Descript has built its tools to augment human creativity, giving users control while handling the heavy lifting.
Serving millions of creators and businesses worldwide, Descript keeps innovating with AI features that learn from user input. By combining intuitive tools with responsible AI, the platform is helping content creators work faster and smarter, reshaping video and audio production while keeping the creative vision firmly in human hands.
Steph
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Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Health: We’ve got you covered with medical, dental, and vision benefits for all employees and their dependents. These include HMO and PPO healthcare plans
- Time off: Paid holidays are a given, but you can also expect flexible time off. Feel comfortable to take the time you need, when you need it.
- Parental leave: New parents receive paid parental leave to spend quality time with their expanding families.
- Home-office stipend: Get your work-from-home setup ready with our home-office stipend.
- Retirement: We offer a variety of retirement plans, including employer matching.
- Free food & refreshments: Come say hey! Visit our office for free lunch, snacks, and drinks.
- Destination off-sites: No matter where you work, you’ll get to know your team. We host two annual gatherings: a company-wide off-site and a team-specific off-site.
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Burkhauser
(CEO)Laura joined Descript in 2023 as a VP of Product and became CEO in 2025. Prior to this, she was a Director of Product Management at Twitter and Rent The Runway.
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