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Software Engineer, Core

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United States , San Francisco

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Salary:

190000.00 - 296000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content. Growing this revolutionary product involves unique technical challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. The Core Team builds features to help our users find each other and use Descript to create and communicate their ideas with the world. We own critical systems ancillary to the business, in particular around Identity (auth, permissions, team management) and Plans & Payments (usage tracking, paywalls, payments). We are looking for a full-stack Software Engineer to help us evolve our Identity model to meet the growing needs of our customers.

Job Responsibility:

  • 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

Requirements:

  • Full-stack product engineer
  • Comfortable integrating and debugging functionality and logic end to end
  • 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

Nice to have:

  • 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
What we offer:
  • Generous healthcare package
  • 401k matching program
  • Catered lunches
  • Flexible vacation time

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 15, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Remote work
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