Senior Software Engineer — AI-Driven Editor Platform

AI Chopping Block; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous healthcare package

401k matching

Catered lunches

Flexible vacation

Job summary

Descript is hiring for a product engineer who shapes end-to-end features from idea to impact, blending product thinking with strong AI integration. You will work closely with product, design, and engineering to deliver reliable, measurable outcomes across editor, media, and AI surfaces.

You should be adept at building scalable systems using TypeScript/React/Node.js, with a knack for experimentation, analytics, and communicating clear technical direction. Hybrid/remote roles with SF headquarters.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and shipping customer-facing products.
• Leverage agents to multiply impact with AI.
• Own features end to end from planning through launch.
• Navigate unfamiliar systems with thoughtful questions.
• Focus on user-perceived correctness and clarity.

Responsibilities

• Own meaningful product surfaces end to end.
• Shape the product, not just the implementation.
• Build ambitious full-stack systems with care.
• Improve how the team learns and ships.
• Raise the team’s technical ambition.

Skills

Customer-facing products ownership

AI integration mindset

End-to-end feature ownership

Analytical measurement

Adaptability in unfamiliar systems

Tools

TypeScript

React

Redux

Node.js

SQL

Temporal

Rust

Job description

Descript is hiring for a product engineer who shapes end-to-end features from idea to impact, blending product thinking with strong AI integration. You will work closely with product, design, and engineering to deliver reliable, measurable outcomes across editor, media, and AI surfaces.

You should be adept at building scalable systems using TypeScript/React/Node.js, with a knack for experimentation, analytics, and communicating clear technical direction. Hybrid/remote roles with SF headquarters.