# Software Engineer, Product

Hiring organization: [Descript](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/descript)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9e4d1c54-963c-4dfd-8958-2f88b83c864a

Listed on Descript's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 220000 – 265000 USD per year

## Summary

Descript is seeking a Software Engineer to own full-stack product features across their AI-powered video editing platform, from conception through launch and measurement. This role suits engineers with 5+ years of shipped product experience who thrive in ambiguous environments, care deeply about user experience, and want to shape both product direction and technical systems at a well-funded, product-market-fit startup.

_Our summary, not Descript's wording._

## Skills named

API Design, Node.js, React, Redux, Rust, SQL, TypeScript

## Required

- 5+ years building and shipping customer-facing products
- End-to-end feature ownership from planning through launch
- Use of AI agents to amplify impact
- Analytics and metrics to evaluate feature impact
- Ability to navigate unfamiliar systems through exploration and inquiry
- User-centric thinking about software experience
- Ability to create clarity from ambiguous requirements and complex systems
- Rigorous validation through testing and evidence

## Nice to have

- Experience with editor, media product, creative tool, or payment system
- Familiarity with TypeScript, React, Node.js, or Temporal Workflows stack
- Prior work building agents or experimenting with media-generation models
- Knowledge of experimentation and product analytics methods
- Understanding of video, shaders, graphics rendering, audio/visual effects, or media formats

Apply on Descript's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/descript/jobs/7986059003?gh_jid=7986059003