Software Engineer, Core (Senior or Staff)

Descript•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re hiring at multiple levels for this role. Senior Engineers at Descript own and deliver complex systems end-to-end, while Staff Engineers also help shape technical direction, lead multi initiatives, and influence architecture and engineering practices across teams. Final leveling is determined during the interview process based on scope, impact, and experience. We’re committed to being as transparent as possible throughout the process and working with you to ensure we find a mutual fit. Who we are We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content. Growing this revolutionary product involves unique technical challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. The Core Team builds features to help our users find each other and use Descript to create and communicate their ideas with the world. We own critical systems ancillary to the business, in particular around Identity (auth, permissions, team management) and Plans & Payments (usage tracking, paywalls, payments). We are looking for a full-stack Software Engineer to help us evolve our Identity model to meet the growing needs of our customers.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

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