[Remote] Software Engineer, Core (Senior or Staff)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Descript is building the next-generation AI-powered platform for audio and video content creation. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own technical design, implementation, and delivery of features, particularly around Identity management, while collaborating across teams to improve the tech stack and provide mentorship to other engineers. Responsibilities • 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 Skills • Full-stack product engineer. It's ok if you don't love CSS, but you should be comfortable integrating and debugging functionality and logic end to end and think about systems holistically • 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 • 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 Benefits • Generous healthcare package • 401k matching program • Catered lunches • Flexible vacation time Company Overview • Descript is a collaborative audio and video editor that transcribes audio to a text document for editing, training, and collaboration. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • Descript has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job