Engineering Manager, Narrative Editing

Descript

Engineering Manager leading the Narrative Editing team to enhance video creation tools at Descript. Overseeing product experiences linking live and generative AI content creation.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $222,431 - $261,684 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage team priorities and drive alignment across stakeholders
Connect customer needs, product vision, and technical realities
Recruit, mentor, and grow engineers
Ensure execution is predictable, reliable, and sustainable
Guide architectural decisions and ensure sound design tradeoffs

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience
2+ years of engineering management experience
Strong product sense
Strong technical background
Effective communicator
Data-driven thinker
Adaptable and resilient
AI adaptability

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401k matching program
Catered lunches
Flexible vacation time

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringengineering managementarchitectural decisionsdesign tradeoffs

Soft Skills

effective communicatordata-driven thinkeradaptableresilientstrong product sensestrong technical background