Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Descript building production reliability systems. Focus on core infrastructure, observability, incident management, and mentoring engineers on performance and availability.
Descript is on a mission to make audio and video content creation and editing fast, easy, and accessible to all. We are building a cutting-edge media editor incorporating real time collaboration, ground-breaking UX, and cutting-edge AI. This is the future of media! At Descript, we believe that software engineers should own the reliability and performance of what they ship to production, so as an Infrastructure Engineer, you will drive projects that let engineers better understand and improve the performance, availability, and quality of what they ship. In addition, you will be owning and improving the core production infrastructure and building blocks upon which other engineers depend. We are looking for people who have good systems fundamentals, a desire to teach and advise colleagues, and the ability to make strategic decisions. As one of the early members of the Infrastructure team, you will be shaping what reliability looks like at Descript as we grow. If you love the idea of working closely with engineering leadership to build a product that users love, this may be the role for you!
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The base salary range for this role is $191K-$250K. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and they may vary from the amount above.
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Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI. We are a team of 150 and the backing of some of the world's greatest investors (OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital).
Descript is the special company that's in possession of both product market fit and the raw materials (passionate user community, great product, large market) for growth, but is still early enough that each new employee has a measurable influence on the direction of the company.
Benefits include a generous healthcare package, 401k matching program, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. We're hiring for a mix of remote roles and hybrid roles. For those who are remote, we have a handful of opportunities throughout the year for in person collaboration. For our hybrid roles, we're flexible, and you're an adult—we don't expect or mandate that you're in the office every day. We do believe there are valuable and serendipitous moments of discovery and collaboration that come from working together in person.
Descript is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive.