Descript is hiring: Senior Software Engineer - Media in San Francisco

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 with significant video expertise to build a best-in-class video editing and streaming platform to power the core functionality of the app. What You’ll Do 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 What You Bring 5+ years of professional software development experience Strong CS fundamentals, backend infrastructure experience, and understanding of digital video technologies, including formats, codecs, and processing tools (e.g. MP4, HVEC, HLS, WebRTC, MPEG-DASH, ffmpeg) Self-aware of strengths and seeking to constantly learn and improve Strong written and verbal communication 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 senior and above Software Engineers to join our team. The base salary range for this role is $160,000- $230,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above. #J-18808-Ljbffr