Staff Frontend Software Engineer, Descript
$160-230k
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Collaborative audio and video editor
Open for applications
Collaborative audio and video editor
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$160-230k
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make video a staple of every communicator's toolkit, alongside docs and slides.
Role
Who you are
- 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
Desirable
- Experience building creative tools
- Experience building and optimizing single-page web applications (SPAs)
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a frontend software engineer to help us refine and expand our next-generation web-based, collaborative audio and video editing tool
- Frontend engineers at Descript work on wide-ranging projects, from the nitty-gritty details of editing interactions, to the critical features of a modern cloud product, to the systems that power real-time collaboration and media playback, to cutting-edge AI integrations
- As Descript is a unique product, engineers will often need to find creative solutions to problems in collaboration with product and design
- Descript is built with Typescript, React/Redux, and Node.js, and takes advantage of WebAssembly, WebCodecs, WebGL, and WebAudio for real-time rendering and compositing
- 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
Our take
Descript offers podcasters, YouTubers and other content creators a series of modern tools for editing and transcribing audio and video files. It stands out from more traditional editing platforms by using modern tools like natural language processing and AI generated transcriptions.
One of its most newsworthy features is its transcription to audio editing software. Users can edit the AI generated transcription in text format, which is then reflected in the audio itself, and in the speaker's “natural" voice. Founded by Groupon founder and former CEO Andrew Mason in 2017, the company has experienced fast growth, and has already been used across the industry by outlets like the BBC, NPR, VICE, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
The company’s early success and future potential have been underlined in the form of substantial funding. The podcasting industry alone (which encompasses both video and audio) accounted for $22 billion. Descript, which continues to add intelligent and quality-shifting features, is well-positioned to capture this lucrative and growing market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Generous healthcare package
- Unlimited vacation time
- Catered lunches
- Whether you love WFH or can’t wait to get back to being in person, we're interested in offering an environment that works for you
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Andrew Mason
(CEO)Studied at Northwestern University before founding Groupon in 2008. Was a Part-time Partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of Detour.com.
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