Software Engineer, Growth

Descript•San Francisco, CA

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

Descript is revolutionizing how traditional editing methodologies and AI technologies come together in every part of the creation process (recording, transcribing, editing, and sharing) to make it faster and easier than ever to create high quality content. About the team: Our Growth Engineering team is two years in, and the scope of work is real: we're building a repeatable sales motion and a self-serve motion in parallel—and we need people who can help us do both well. We're hiring two senior-to-staff engineers who are sharp enough to know which bets to take, fast enough to test them, and experienced enough to scale what works. There’s real impact on the table—come help us unlock it. What You'll Work On Growth at Descript spans the full user journey—from initial signup to the point where customers can’t imagine working without us. This isn’t a role only focused on small tweaks; it’s about building systems that redefine how we grow. Build the systems that makes growth possible Design and own the experimentation playbook — the frameworks, tooling, and best practices that let the whole team run faster, cleaner tests Architect personalization and user journey systems that adapt the product experience based on who someone is and what they're trying to do Build the data pipelines and instrumentation that give us a real-time window into what's working Run the experiments that move the needle Own A/B tests end-to-end: form the hypothesis, instrument the feature, ship it, analyze the results, make the call — repeat Own activation and onboarding flows — the early moments that turn a new signup into someone who gets it and stays Help establish the metrics culture — work with Data and Product to define what we're optimizing for, and build toward it Shape the product, not just the code Build full-stack across frontend and backend: snappy React UI, the APIs behind it, and everything in between Partner with Product and Design to define what we're building, not just how we build it Bring a systems thinker's perspective to the team to enhance the playbook — your judgment will carry real weight

Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience (senior) or 8+ years (staff/lead)
Strong command of TypeScript/JavaScript and React — you're the person others come to with hard frontend questions
Deep familiarity with web fundamentals: HTML, CSS, REST APIs, performance optimization
Experience running A/B tests and product experiments — you understand what a good test looks like and what the results actually mean
A genuine hunger to connect engineering work to business outcomes — you care about the metric, not just the merge
Comfort with ambiguity: you can define the problem, not just solve one that's handed to you
Strong written and verbal communication — you can explain a tradeoff to an engineer and a result to a stakeholder

Nice To Haves

Experience with single-page app architecture and performance at scale
Experience with creative or prosumer tools
Familiarity with product analytics platforms (Amplitude, Mixpanel, Hex, etc.)
Background in growth, lifecycle, or conversion optimization

Responsibilities

Design and own the experimentation playbook — the frameworks, tooling, and best practices that let the whole team run faster, cleaner tests
Architect personalization and user journey systems that adapt the product experience based on who someone is and what they're trying to do
Build the data pipelines and instrumentation that give us a real-time window into what's working
Own A/B tests end-to-end: form the hypothesis, instrument the feature, ship it, analyze the results, make the call — repeat
Own activation and onboarding flows — the early moments that turn a new signup into someone who gets it and stays
Help establish the metrics culture — work with Data and Product to define what we're optimizing for, and build toward it
Build full-stack across frontend and backend: snappy React UI, the APIs behind it, and everything in between
Partner with Product and Design to define what we're building, not just how we build it
Bring a systems thinker's perspective to the team to enhance the playbook — your judgment will carry real weight