Staff Software Engineer - Frontend

September 19, 2023

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Record. Transcribe. Edit. Mix. As easy as typing. Take control with Descript. For support, visit https://descri.pt/help

Computer Software • B2C • Prosumer Applications

51 - 200

💰 Corporate Round on 2022-10

Description

• Our vision is to build the next generation platform to enable easy and fast creation of audio and video content powered by cutting-edge AI. • Building a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit and mix spoken audio and video comes with a series of unique challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. • We’re looking for a frontend software engineer to help us refine and expand our next-generation web-based, collaborative audio and video editing tool. • Frontend engineers at Descript work on wide-ranging projects, from the nitty-gritty details of editing interactions, to the critical features of a modern cloud product, to the systems that power real-time collaboration and media playback, to cutting-edge AI integrations. • As Descript is a unique product, engineers will often need to find creative solutions to problems in collaboration with product and design.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software development experience • Industry experience in a frontend software engineering role • Proficiency in one or more programming languages and frontend frameworks, especially Typescript/Javascript/React • Pride in delivering high-quality, maintainable, observable, debuggable features • Desire to take ownership, and resourcefulness to find answers and simplify problems • Self aware of strengths and seeking to constantly learn and improve • Strong written and verbal communication • Nice to Have: - Experience building creative tools - Experience building and optimizing single-page web applications (SPAs)

Benefits

• Generous healthcare package • Catered lunches • Flexible vacation time