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Staff Software Engineer, Core

Descript

Location:
United States, San Francisco

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
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Salary:

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Job Description:

We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content. 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, such as access control, team management, project organization, usage tracking, payments, and more.

Job Responsibility:

Set the technical direction for Descript’s identity model
Lead large multi-quarter initiatives by collaborating with cross-functional partners
Own building and shipping features across all levels of the stack (frontend and backend)
Influence the strategy and roadmap by proactively identifying and recommending high ROI areas to invest in
Mentor other Engineers and advise teams on architecture and quality

Requirements:

Full-stack product engineer
Comfortable integrating and debugging functionality and logic end to end
Strategic decision making and ability to push back on unnecessary complexity or scope creep
Experience to bring forth proven industry practices
Well versed in web development and associated devtools
Technologies: Typescript, REST API development, relational DBs
Track record evolving and re-architecting complex systems
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
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:
December 08, 2025

Work Type:

Remote work

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