Descript

Full-stack Engineer

• Building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content
• Experimentation to push the limits on quality for our video editing agent
• Building a best-in-class product experience for agentic video editing interactions
• Laying the foundations for a best-in-class developer experience for building agents

Software Engineer – Agent

• Take point on critical surface areas and help scale them
• Own building and shipping features across all levels of the stack
• Write high-quality testable code
• Collaborate with EPD on crafting great user experiences
• Integrate systems to power Descript

Staff Software Engineer – Core

• Build and optimize high availability, high performance systems to handle petabyte-scale data ingest, processing, and serving
• Provide a useful media platform to AI research and engineering teams train and integrate AI features that work on media, including multimodal LLMs, video transformation models, and information
• Engage with the open-source media and video engineering community to improve key tools like ffmpeg
• Develop tools to develop, test, benchmark, and debug our video and audio processing systems
• Discover, evaluate, and adopt new technologies that can enhance our services and/or improve our efficiency
• Mentor members on the engineering team, especially when it comes to video and audio technologies

Software Engineer, Media

Executive Assistant

• Provide dedicated support to the CEO, keeping priorities clear and communication flowing
• Manage the CEO’s calendar, inbox, travel, and day-to-day logistics with efficiency and discretion
• Prioritize and manage a high volume of requests, ensuring the CEO’s time aligns with company goals
• Serve as a trusted liaison between the CEO and internal teams, external partners, and board members
• Anticipate needs, flag priorities, and ensure follow-through on action items
• Coordinate and prepare for meetings, including agendas, briefing materials, and follow-ups
• Handle sensitive information with the utmost confidentiality and professionalism
• Help maintain a positive, collaborative, and quirky team culture

Executive Assistant – CEO

Account Manager

• Own the end-to-end partnerships strategy—from identifying high-potential opportunities, to structuring agreements, to ensuring ongoing success and adoption
• Define and execute Descript’s partnerships roadmap across distribution, integrations, bundling opportunities
• Identify long-range strategic opportunities with emerging players in AI, generative media, creator ecosystems, and adjacent markets
• Own executive-level relationships with strategic partners, including AI platforms, content networks, and technology providers
• Expand Descript’s reach through integration-driven distribution (embedding Descript in content platforms, LMS, and creator tools)
• Lead go-to-market motions with partners to drive ARR, including headless API and platform integrations
• Build scalable frameworks for identifying, evaluating, and closing new ARR-generating partners
• Drive joint campaigns, launches, and partner-led events to create visibility and awareness for Descript
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to identify and deliver integrations that close feature gaps and improve user experience
• Ensure integrations create clear, differentiated value for Descript’s users while deepening product stickiness
• Build and maintain trusted, long-term relationships with partner executives and decision-makers
• Ensure ongoing alignment and momentum across multiple active partnerships

Head of Partnerships

Product Manager

• Develop a deep understanding of customers, their creative goals, and the evolving video/AI landscape to guide the roadmap
• Own and shape the recording experience so anyone can look and sound great without special gear or expertise
• Shape interactions and defaults to help creators naturally produce polished, professional video
• Partner with AI research, engineering, design, and other teams to translate cutting-edge technology into reliable experiences
• Own and drive the feature roadmap from idea generation through execution and analysis, bringing clarity and focus to deliver user value reliably

Product Manager, Editor

• Develop a deep understanding of customers, market, and growth levers across the user lifecycle
• Lead experiments and initiatives that impact acquisition, activation, engagement, and retention
• Define and own the growth strategy and roadmap for your product area from opportunity sizing through execution and measurement
• Partner with design, engineering, data, and marketing to deliver features and experiments that delight users and accelerate growth
• Analyze user behavior, funnel performance, and A/B test results to uncover insights and inform next steps
• Drive company-wide growth initiatives that balance customer value with sustainable business impact

Product Manager, Growth

Human Resources

• Report to the Director, People Operations and serve as the technical backbone of HR infrastructure
• Own strategy, implementation, and optimization of HR technology stack (Rippling, Sequoia, Slack, Notion workflows)
• Design and implement system configurations, workflows, and automations to improve efficiency and user experience
• Manage system integrations between HRIS, payroll, benefits, recruiting, and performance management platforms
• Oversee system upgrades, implementations, and vendor relationships
• Ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance across all HR systems and maintain audit trails
• Develop and maintain HR reporting dashboards and metrics using Rippling analytics and Notion databases
• Generate insights on workforce trends, retention patterns, compensation analysis, and organizational health
• Create self-service reporting capabilities for managers and leadership teams
• Support employee lifecycle management including onboarding, transfers, and offboarding
• Manage user access, permissions, system training, and provide technical support and troubleshooting for HR systems users
• Lead special projects related to organizational changes, system implementations, and process redesign
• Collaborate with IT on security, compliance, and technical infrastructure requirements
• Manage and respond to employee HR inquiries through the ticketing system, ensuring timely resolution and service delivery

HR Generalist

Research Scientist

• Build next-generation platform for fast and easy creation of audio and video content at Descript.
• Join a team of researchers specialized in generative models and deep learning.
• Oversee research process implementation, from problem definition to running and analyzing experiments.
• Collaborate and communicate status, results, and challenges with the team.
• Contribute to designing the research roadmap of the company.
• Train and mentor other team members.
• Own the research function of specific product features.
• Use deep learning (NLP, speech, vision, etc.) for media creation and editing.
• Create realistic voice doubles using only a few minutes of audio.
• Create tools to synthesize photo-realistic videos that match Overdub.
• Design and develop algorithms for media synthesis, anomaly detection, speech recognition, enhancement, filler word detection, audio/video tagging.
• Propose new research directions to improve product.

Staff Applied Research Scientist

Product Designer

• As a Product Designer, help leverage emerging technology to reimagine the experience of editing video and own end-to-end design of new and existing features in the generative/agentic space.
• Passion for creating novel experiences and collaborating closely with user research, product management, engineering, and other designers to achieve the right mix of novelty and usefulness.
• Strong systems design thinking: find the right fit for new features in an existing product and have strong intuition for when to push at system boundaries.
• Play a key role in a feature team, driving design decisions and collaborating with stakeholders and fellow designers to shape innovative video editing experiences.
• Set a high bar for craft, eye for detail, and deep empathy for users.
• Own the design process from concept through to execution.
• Bring clarity to broad and ambiguous problems, integrating user, business, and technical constraints through structured thinking and effective communication.
• Contribute to the definition and expansion of our design system.
• Collaborate deeply with diverse stakeholders (product management, engineers, designers, executives).
• Advocate for what you think is right; know when to disagree and commit.

• 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