Descript
This role focuses on owning and improving the foundational infrastructure that supports the company's operations, including compute, deployment, reliability, and security. The engineer will contribute to AI and agent tooling, manage GPU capacity, and ensure cost-effective, reliable systems for model training and inference. Collaboration with engineering teams is essential to understand needs and build a roadmap for platform improvements.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size
51-200 employees
Founded
2017
Descript is an all‑in‑one audio and video editing platform that makes editing as easy as editing text — record, transcribe, edit, and publish from a single tool. It bundles AI‑powered features like automatic transcription, Overdub voice cloning, Studio Sound, filler‑word removal, captions, screen recording, and templates to speed production for podcasters, video creators, and marketing teams. Descript offers both free and paid tiers, plus team and enterprise plans with collaboration and workflow controls for organizations.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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82% above the average for this role
Descript AI/Cloud-Based Editor Raises $50 Million, Launches New Interface
Nov 15, 2022