Remote Engineering Manager — AI‑Driven Agent Video Editing

Mosaec; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 222,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k matching

Catered lunches

Flexible vacation time

Job summary

Descript is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Agent Underlord team in the SF/remote environment, focusing on building the world’s best agentic video editor and scaling high‑quality agents for multimodal video editing.

You will manage a team of 5–6 engineers, report to the VP of Engineering, and partner closely with Product, Design, and AI Research to drive progress, experimentation, and delivery in a fast-changing AI-enabled product space.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years of engineering management delivering complex, cross-functional product work with high velocity and quality
• Excels at hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineering talent, and creating collaborative, empowering, and high‑performing team environments
• Strong technical background with the ability to guide architectural decisions, evaluate tradeoffs, and maintain engineering excellence without being hands‑on day‑to‑day

Responsibilities

• Own execution: Manage team prioritizes, drive alignment across stakeholders, adapt plans to maximize outcomes, and hold a high bar for delivery through active planning, prioritization, and follow-through
• Define team direction: Connect customer needs, product vision, and technical realities in close collaboration with Product, Design, and AI Research by setting clear priorities and making tradeoffs to deliver results
• Develop your team: Mentor, and grow engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance. Create stretch opportunities for ICs, deliver clear and direct feedback, and manage underperformance early
• Drive operational excellence: Ensure execution is predictable, reliable, and sustainable, implementing best practices in project management and engineering processes
• Maintain the technical bar: Guide architectural decisions, ensure sound design tradeoffs, address tech debt that slows execution, and drive delivery of high-quality, reliable systems

Skills

Engineering Leadership Experience

Team Builder

Technical Judgment

Effective Communicator

Strategic Thinker

Adaptable and Resilient

Experience building agents

Experience building creative tools

Job description

Descript is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Agent Underlord team in the SF/remote environment, focusing on building the world’s best agentic video editor and scaling high‑quality agents for multimodal video editing.

You will manage a team of 5–6 engineers, report to the VP of Engineering, and partner closely with Product, Design, and AI Research to drive progress, experimentation, and delivery in a fast-changing AI-enabled product space.