Software Engineer- Recorder (San Francisco)

Descript

San Francisco, CA

About the Role
We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content. Building a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit, and mix audio and video on the web comes with a series of unique technical challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems.
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.
What you'll do
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
What you'll bring
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
Nice to Have
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
At our current size and stage, we embrace a flat organizational structure and value the expertise and contributions of every team member. 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.
The base salary range for this role is $191,000-$250,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above.
About Descript
Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio an editing tool built for the age of AI. We are a team of 150 with a proven CEO and the backing of some of the world's greatest investors (OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital).
Descript is the special company that's in possession of both product market fit and the raw materials (passionate user community, great product, large market) for growth, but is still early enough that each new employee has a measurable influence on the direction of the company.
Benefits include a generous healthcare package, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. We're looking to hire people who are local and able to join us at the office when needed. We're flexible, and you're an adultwe don't expect or mandate that you're in the office every day. But we do believe there are valuable and serendipitous moments of discovery and collaboration that come from working together in person.
Descript is an equal opportunity workplacewe are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Posted 2025-08-21

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