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The Role We're looking for a driven and creative Account Executive to bring Descript's video and AI solutions to more businesses around the world. As one of our early sales hires, you'll help shape our sales playbook, refine our strategy, and drive new revenue growth. This role offers a rare opportunity to partner closely with Product and Marketing teams, working across the company to define the future of Descript's enterprise and creator sales motion. What You'll Do Own the full sales cycle - from prospecting to closing Develop and execute outbound strategies to identify and engage new opportunities Run product demos and lead technical + business conversations across multiple stakeholder levels Build and manage executive-level relationships with enterprise customers Collaborate with internal teams to optimize the customer journey and feed insights into product and marketing initiatives What You Bring Proven success in a quota-carrying B2B SaaS or AI sales role Experience managing complex sales cycles and closing high-value deals Ability to translate technical products into clear business outcomes Creative, persistent, and curious approach to building pipeline and outreach Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments - you build as you go Enthusiasm for creator-oriented tools, especially in video, audio, or AI Knowledge of media creation workflows within organizations The base salary range for this role is $100,000- $135,000/year and the compensation structure will follow a 50/50 base/variable split. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

Our vision at Descript is to build the next-generation platform for fast and easy creation of audio and video content. We are trusted by some of the world's top podcasters and influencers, as well as businesses like BBC, ESPN, HubSpot, Shopify, and The Washington Post for communicating via video. We've raised $100M from leading investors such as the OpenAI Startup fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, and Spark Capital. About The Team We are seeking a Head of Platform Engineering to lead and scale our Platform organization. This organization at Descript is central to empowering our engineering teams to build and deliver products efficiently and effectively. Operating as an internal product team, the Platform group focuses on providing tools, infrastructure, and services that enable our engineers to deliver exceptional products to our users. You will be leading five teams across Platform, with expectations for continued growth in the next 6-12 months. The Platform organization encompasses: Infrastructure Team: Builds and maintains our core backend and development infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Builder Experience Team: Focuses on the foundations of our client applications, CI/CD, build, test, and release. AI Enablement Team: Develops and scales our AI/ML infrastructure to support cutting-edge research and integration of AI features into our products. Media Team: Scales and improves our proprietary media server which handles playback and media serving. Core Engineering: Responsible for monetization foundations (usage tracking, Stripe integration), identity services (auth, permissions, user/team management), and key enterprise integrations. Key Challenges Ahead: Infrastructure Scaling: Building a scalable, reliable, and performant infrastructure to support the growth of our engineering, data, and research teams. Product Transition: Leading the transition of our features and infrastructure from a desktop app-heavy product to a web-first and cloud-based user experience. Developer Experience: Establishing the foundations for a world-class developer experience, enhancing productivity and satisfaction across a fast-growing, full-stack engineering organization. AI/ML Integration: Scaling our AI/ML platform to support innovative research rapid productization of AI features, and a product feedback cycle for model improvements. This position reports directly to the VP of Engineering. What You'll Do Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a strategic vision and roadmap for the Platform organization, aligning with company goals and ensuring cross-team collaboration. Team Development: Recruit, mentor, and grow engineering managers and engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development. Operational Excellence: Ensure execution across the Platform teams is predictable, reliable, and sustainable, implementing best practices in project management and engineering processes. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams to ensure platform initiatives meet the needs of internal stakeholders. Innovation and Improvement: Drive innovation within the Platform organization, continually seeking ways to improve our infrastructure, tools, and processes. Culture Building: Help scale and evolve our company culture as we grow, promoting values of collaboration, inclusivity, and excellence. What You Bring Leadership Experience: Has 5+ years of engineering management experience, including leading multiple teams or an engineering organization, preferably in platform or developer experience domain. Technical Expertise: Demonstrates a strong technical background with experience in cloud platforms (GCP preferably), scalable infrastructure, and AI/ML technologies. Strategic Thinker: Can develop and communicate a clear vision, aligning teams and resources to achieve strategic objectives. Team Builder: Excels at creating collaborative, empowering, and high-performing team environments. Effective Communicator: Communicates clearly and effectively, both in writing and verbally, across technical and non-technical audiences. Adaptable and Resilient: Thrives in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results. Educational Background: Holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or has equivalent professional experience. Nice to Haves Startup Experience: Experience managing engineering teams at a startup or high-growth company where the rate of change is extremely high. AI/ML Background: Familiarity with AI/ML platforms, tools, and practices. Developer Tools Expertise: Background in building developer tools and enhancing developer experience. The base salary range for this role is $224,000- $296,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

About the Role We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content. Building a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit, and mix audio and video on the web comes with a series of unique technical challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. We are hiring Software Engineers at the mid-career, senior, and staff levels to join a number of open roles on our Agent team, focused on building the future of Agentic Video Editing! About the team: Descript's Agent launched in Open Beta in July 2025. Since then, we've been working on improving the user experience for chat-based editing, adding more capabilities into our agent, and improving our agent infrastructure to continue to scale as models get better and better. The Agent team is a mix of AI Researchers and Software Engineers committed to our mission to make video editing accessible to anyone. Your peers will be based in San Francisco, New York, and distributed across the US and Canada. This is the role for you if any of the following areas sound exciting: Experimentation to push the limits on quality for our video editing agent (eg. harness and tool design, token/context optimizations, RL/new model development, multimodal, etc) Building a best-in-class product experience for agentic video editing interactions and improving user retention (eg. tuning prompt templates and other key user workflows, addressing user feedback, building key product capabilities like chat history, etc) Laying the foundations for a best-in-class developer experience for building agents (eg. logging, evals framework, online monitoring and feedback loops, etc) What you bring: Minimum Qualifications 3+ years of professional product engineering or fullstack experience Worked with Typescript, React, and RESTful APIs (or similar) Solid CS fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, databases (Postgres, Redis) High ownership and growth mindset You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working with other functions (e.g. product, design, AI research) Extra credit! Experience building creative tools in the past or you're a frequent user of creative media tools. If you join Descript, you'll end up making lots of videos! Experience building agents, working evals infrastructure, or designing product experiences powered by LLMs Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification above, please apply anyways. At our current size and stage, we embrace a flat organizational structure and value the expertise and contributions of every team member. As such, we have a unified job title for our engineering roles where everyone, including those with Staff-level scope, is considered a Software Engineer. While titles may not change, we are actively seeking Software Engineers with senior-or-higher-equivalent experience to join our team. The base salary range for these roles is $174,000-$286,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, level, and may vary from the amount above. About Descript 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.

About the Role Finance at Descript isn't a back-office function, it's a strategic partner in shaping where and how we grow. This role exists to turn insight into leverage: helping the company make smarter bets, allocate capital effectively, and improve the efficiency of how we operate. You'll report to the VP of Finance and lead FP&A while driving key strategic finance initiatives across the company, partnering closely with Product and Engineering. Your work will influence how we evaluate investments, plan headcount and spend, manage compute and COGS, and assess the financial impact of pricing and monetization decisions. We're looking for someone who sees finance as a creative craft - not just about control or compliance, but about clarity, curiosity, and action. You'll build models, frameworks, and narratives that help Descript make better decisions faster. The right person thrives at the intersection of data, product, and strategy; is fluent in SQL or eager to learn it; and has the range to move from tactical detail to company-level strategy. What will you do? Lead FP&A, own company-wide planning, forecasting, and performance management. Build dashboards that surface tradeoffs and guide executive decisions (Including P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet modeling) Own headcount modeling and workforce planning across all functions, partnering with the exec team on hiring plans, tradeoffs, and timing. Drive monthly and quarterly variance analysis and performance reviews, including plan vs actuals across revenue, spend, and headcount. Collaborate with Product and Engineering to monitor COGS, compute and inference costs, identify efficiency opportunities, and help drive improvements in gross margin Evaluate areas of investment by analyzing unit economics, and ROI across products and segments Lead long term financial planning, opportunity sizing, and scenario modeling to support strategic decisions. Support data-driven narratives for board and investor updates, and support fundraising efforts with modeling, materials, and financial storytelling. Influence company wide resourcing decisions across headcount, operating spend, and capital allocation. What you bring: 7+ years in finance roles at high-growth tech companies Early training in consulting or investment banking Experience running FP&A end to end, ideally scaling from Strong modeling, analytical rigor, and ability to influence Cross-functional fluency with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams - able to translate financial insights into product and operational decisions Deep understanding of SaaS economics and pipeline dynamics Hands-on understanding of cloud and compute economics, with experience optimizing COGS and driving cost efficiency Comfortable working with data directly - proficiency in SQL or a strong desire to learn Excellent storytelling skills with data Thrives in ambiguity, rapid iteration, and cross-functional collaboration If you don't tick every box above, we'd still encourage you to apply. We're building a diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another. The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

About the Role As Director of Demand Generation at Descript, you will be responsible for defining and executing the strategy that fuels our pipeline and revenue growth across our enterprise and self-serve business lines. You'll own full-funnel demand creation from market awareness and lead acquisition to nurturing and conversion. You'll bring a blend of data-driven strategy, operational rigor, and audience insight to drive measurable impact across multiple channels and audiences. Partnering closely with Product Marketing, RevOps, and Sales, you'll architect scalable programs that educate the market, position Descript as an industry leader, and deliver efficient pipeline acceleration. You'll report to the Head of Marketing and serve as a key member of the marketing leadership team, influencing company-wide GTM strategy. What You'll Do Build and lead the overall demand generation and growth marketing strategy, across enterprise and self-serve segments, aligning to Descript's GTM and revenue goals. We've done this for self-serve. We need you to help us expand to B2B including standing up a lot of net new channels like events, partnerships, and community. Develop and improve the systems we use to scale pipeline generation, ensuring marketing is consistently feeding our growing sales organization. Own MQLs: direct and execute integrated, multi-channel campaigns that incorporate product positioning, audience insights, and creative from fellow marketing team members. Partner with leadership across Marketing, Sales, and RevOps to drive alignment on funnel KPIs; build the learning loops that power continuous improvement in our strategy, tool stack, and creative execution for awareness, nurture, and conversion. Mentor and manage a team of growth marketing professionals Enhance marketing automation, lead scoring, and reporting. What You Bring 10+ years of experience in B2B SaaS demand generation or growth marketing, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role managing teams. Proven track record of delivering pipeline and revenue growth. Deep expertise across acquisition, engagement, and nurture channels - including paid social, email, content syndication, and partnerships. Advanced knowledge of AI-powered marketing stacks and automation workflows (Cargo, Clay, n8n, Instantly Reply, or equivalent). Analytical mindset with strong command of marketing metrics, attribution, and forecasting. Exceptional collaboration and communication skills; able to influence cross-functional stakeholders and present to executives. Strategic thinker with a bias for action - able to translate insights into scalable, creative programs that drive measurable outcomes. Bonus Strengths Experience marketing creative or AI-native products. Experience with B2C growth marketing. The base salary range for this role is $203,000-230,000. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and they may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

About the role Finance at Descript isn't a back office function. It's a strategic partner in shaping where and how we grow. This role exists to turn insight into leverage, helping the company make smarter bets, allocate capital effectively, and improve the efficiency of our go to market engine. You will report to the VP of Finance and operate as a senior individual contributor with high ownership. Your scope covers the full growth funnel, from top of funnel through conversion, retention, and ARR. You will own GTM and growth models, partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Growth, and Data teams, act as a thought partner to GTM leadership on goal setting, performance tracking, and identifying growth opportunities across self serve, product led, and sales led motions. We are looking for someone who sees GTM finance as both analytical and strategic. Someone who enjoys building models and metrics, but also shaping the narrative around growth. You are comfortable working directly in SQL, navigating imperfect data, and translating complexity into clear recommendations that influence how Descript grows. What you will do Own Descript's top of funnel and growth models, from signups to paid conversion to ARR and retention. Own sales-led revenue forecasting, including pipeline modeling, win rates, sales capacity, and quota-driven ARR. Build and maintain GTM financial models including ARR builds, channel performance, cohort analysis, and scenario modeling. Partner deeply with the data team to define metrics, improve data framework, and enable reliable self-serve analytics for finance and GTM. Design and maintain dashboards for key GTM metrics such as signups by channel, conversion rates, new ARR, retention, and payback. Identify growth opportunities across self-serve, product-led, and sales-assisted motions and quantify their impact. Define GTM goal setting frameworks and track performance against targets. Analyze marketing and growth efficiency, including ROI, CAC, payback, and funnel conversion. Support pricing, packaging, and monetization initiatives with clear financial analysis. Communicate insights to leadership in a clear, decision-oriented way, including exec and board materials when needed. What you bring 7 to 10+ years of experience in strategic finance, GTM finance, growth analytics, or related roles at SaaS companies. Strong GTM intuition with hands-on experience in top of funnel analysis, ARR modeling, and revenue forecasting. Advanced SQL skills and the ability to self-serve data end to end. Experience supporting both B2B and B2C SaaS models. Strong financial modeling skills, especially around growth scenarios and funnel dynamics. Experience supporting monetization experiments, pricing, and packaging Experience partnering with data teams and working with large, imperfect datasets. Clear communicator who can translate data into actions and recommendations. Comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership, and building things from scratch. Solid understanding of SaaS metrics across PLG and sales-led motions. If you don't tick every box above, we'd still encourage you to apply. We're building a diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another. The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $240,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-RemoteAbout Descript 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.

As Head of Partnerships, you will lead Descript's ecosystem strategy, forging and scaling relationships that drive distribution, unlock commercial opportunities, and enhance our product capabilities through integrations. This is a highly cross-functional, product-oriented partnerships role that blends business development, product strategy, and co-marketing. You will own the end-to-end partnerships strategy-from identifying high-potential opportunities, to structuring agreements, to ensuring ongoing success and adoption. This role requires strong product intuition, deep experience in partnerships, and the ability to represent Descript credibly with senior leaders across technology, AI, and media industries. Key Responsibilities Ecosystem & Strategy Define and execute Descript's partnerships roadmap across distribution, integrations, bundling opportunities. Identify long-range strategic opportunities with emerging players in AI, generative media, creator ecosystems, and adjacent markets. Own executive-level relationships with strategic partners, including AI platforms, content networks, and technology providers. Distribution & Growth Expand Descript's reach through integration-driven distribution (e.g., embedding Descript in content platforms, LMS, and creator tools). Lead go-to-market motions with partners to drive ARR, including headless API and platform integrations. Build scalable frameworks for identifying, evaluating, and closing new ARR-generating partners. Co-Marketing & Awareness Drive joint campaigns, launches, and partner-led events to create visibility and awareness for Descript. Collaborate with marketing to amplify integrations and partnership wins across channels. Product Integrations Collaborate with Product and Engineering to identify and deliver integrations that close feature gaps and improve user experience. Ensure integrations create clear, differentiated value for Descript's users while deepening product stickiness. Partner with technical and product teams on go-to-market for new integrations. Relationship Management Build and maintain trusted, long-term relationships with partner executives and decision-makers. Ensure ongoing alignment and momentum across multiple active partnerships. What Success Looks Like New ARR generated through distribution and reseller partnerships. High-impact integrations that enhance product stickiness and fill feature gaps. Increased brand visibility through joint marketing initiatives and industry events. Strong, strategic relationships across the AI, generative media, and social ecosystems. A scalable partnership framework that balances commercial and product value. About You Experience: 8+ years in partnerships, ecosystem development, or business development at a high-growth SaaS, AI, or media technology company. Track Record: Proven success building integration- and distribution-driven partnerships that accelerate growth and strengthen product experience. Product Fluency: Deep technical and product intuition; comfortable working closely with product managers and engineers. AI/Media Knowledge: Strong knowledge of generative AI, media, or creator ecosystems. Existing industry relationships a plus. Strategic + Hands-On: Equally skilled at setting partnership strategy and executing deals from sourcing to launch. Collaborative: Works seamlessly across product, engineering, marketing, and executive teams. Not Sales-Quota Driven: Experienced in partnerships rather than direct quota-carrying sales roles. The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $260,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

We're hiring at multiple levels for this role. Senior Engineers at Descript own and deliver complex systems end-to-end, while Staff Engineers also help shape technical direction, influence architecture and engineering practices across teams. Final leveling is determined during the interview process based on scope, impact, and experience. We're committed to being as transparent as possible throughout the process and working with you to ensure we find a mutual fit. Who we are We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content. Growing this revolutionary product involves unique technical challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. The Core Team builds features to help our users find each other and use Descript to create and communicate their ideas with the world. We own critical systems ancillary to the business, in particular around Identity (auth, permissions, team management) and Plans & Payments (usage tracking, paywalls, payments). We are looking for a full-stack Software Engineer to help us evolve our Identity model to meet the growing needs of our customers. What you'll do: Own technical design, implementation, and delivery of features across all levels of the stack (frontend and backend), in particular on the Identity surface (auth, permissions, team management) Write high-quality testable code that's functional, long term maintainable and performant Drive exploration, alignment and cross-team collaboration for owned projects and surfaces Prioritize the highest impact work by balancing Engineering interests with business outcomes and product/design requirements Proactively improve the tech stack with tooling, abstractions, and test infrastructure Provide knowledge transfers, pairing time and mentorship for other Engineers Give constructive feedback in retros, RFCs, and PRs. Conversely, receive feedback and turn it into positive change What you bring: Full-stack product engineer. It's ok if you don't love CSS, but you should be comfortable integrating and debugging functionality and logic end to end and think about systems holistically. Well versed in web development and associated devtools Technologies: Typescript, REST API development, relational DBs Track record evolving complex systems to accommodate growth while maintaining stability Comfortable walking off the beaten path, at the edge of systems Competent thinking about security risks & mitigations Experience integrating 3rd party services Strong at testing and debugging Solid collaboration and communication Growth mindset Nice to have: AI curious: You've explored AI tools, recognize them as useful for specific situations, and know how to use them effectively while acknowledging their limitations Experience building account management features such as Invite flows, domain discovery, team management Enterprise features like audit logs, SSO and SCIM Opinions/experience with authz at scale: roles, permissions, RBAC, FGA Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above.The base salary range for this role is: Staff $224,000- $296,000/year Senior $190,000-$245,000/year About Descript 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.

About the Role We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Accounting Manager to join the finance team at Descript. This is an exciting opportunity for a strong Senior Accountant or newly promoted Accounting Manager to take ownership of the company's core accounting operations and help shape the next stage of Descript's financial maturity. Reporting directly to the Controller, this person will own the majority of the month-end close process - including cash, prepaids, fixed assets, accounts payable, accruals, and related reconciliations. Beyond the close, they'll lead the day-to-day accounting operations across accounts payable, procurement, and accounts receivable, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across all processes. This is a highly visible role with room to grow. The ideal candidate will bring strong operational accounting skills, a process-driven mindset, and a desire to implement scalable controls and systems that support a growing, operationally mature organization. You'll work cross-functionally with teams across Finance, RevOps, and People to streamline workflows, improve reporting accuracy, and help Descript build a best-in-class accounting function. Responsibilities Own key areas of the monthly close, including cash, prepaids, fixed assets, accounts payable, accruals, and reconciliations Manage the day-to-day accounting operations, including AP, AR, and procurement workflows. Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules Partner with the Controller to design and implement accounting controls, policies, and procedures Drive process improvements to increase efficiency and consistency across accounting operations Support audit readiness, financial reporting, and compliance initiatives Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance, RevOps, Engineering) to ensure accurate and timely financial data Contribute to system enhancements and automation efforts as Descript scales. Who You Are Experienced accounting professional with 4-7 years of progressive experience (public accounting and tech/startup experience strongly preferred) CPA preferred (or working toward it) is a plus, but not required Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation Hands-on with month-end close and comfortable working across multiple accounting areas (cash, prepaids, accruals, AP, AR, etc.) Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive - you take ownership and follow through. Experience implementing or improving internal controls and accounting processes Curious, collaborative, and motivated by helping a fast-growing company scale responsibly Bonus Points You have a “roll up your sleeves” mentality, willing to help whenever and wherever, You have experience with a wide range of Accounting Tools (NetSuite, Zip, Stripe, Numeric, Navan, etc.) You have B2C experience, working with large volumes of datasets The base salary range for this role is $145,000 - 165,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

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. As an early member on the data team, you will build out our data foundation across product and marketing. If you are curious, excited about working cross-functionally, and motivated by having a huge impact on the business, this role could be a good fit for you! What You'll Do Design, develop, and optimize robust data models to facilitate seamless reporting, analysis, and experimentation for marketing, product, and finance teams. Spearhead the creation of advanced marketing pipelines, ensuring data flows efficiently and accurately to support customer segmentation, campaign optimization, and ROI analysis. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to refine metrics and build intuitive dashboards that empower stakeholders with actionable insights. Standardize, monitor, and document data assets, ensuring data integrity and consistency throughout our analytics infrastructure. What You Bring 7+ years of experience in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, or Data Analytics Proficiency in SQL, Python, and dbt Strong communication skills and the ability to translate business needs into tractable work items Extensive experience with prosumer and/or enterprise SaaS products Curiosity, savviness to navigate in a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset The base salary range for this role is $170,000- $208,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

About the Role As a Product Marketing Director at Descript, you will play a pivotal role in bringing our AI-native video editing platform to new customers. You'll define the narratives, positioning, and ICP strategies that help new customers discover Descript, while driving full-funnel GTM programs that accelerate both self-serve and sales-assisted growth. Together, these efforts will allow Descript to reach the next phase of our company growth in a fast-changing, and exciting category. Your team will understand the industry, our prospects, and customers deeply. You will ensure the Product Marketing function is a center of strategic excellence - able to represent the voices of prospects and customers, their motivations, use cases, and existing workflows. Through this expertise, your team will also lead work that helps existing customers deepen their usage, adopt new features, and increase their usage. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you'll ensure Descript shows up in the market with distinctive stories, memorable demos, and customer-facing materials that elevate our value and accelerate deal cycles. What You'll Do Positioning & Messaging Define how Descript's AI-powered creation and editing products stand out in a crowded market. Craft narratives that differentiate our horizontal platform and communicate our vision for eliminating the video-editing learning curve. Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) Definition Work with Product, Marketing, Sales, and Data to refine and operationalize Descript's ICPs across creators, teams, and enterprise segments. Translate ICP insights into targeting, messaging, and channel strategy. Pricing & Packaging Partner with Product, Finance, and Growth to evolve Descript's pricing and packaging. Evaluate willingness to pay, feature-to-plan fit, and adoption patterns. Propose changes that balance customer value, product simplicity, and revenue performance. Technical Fluency Develop a clear understanding of Descript's AI systems, media-editing models, and agentic workflows. Translate complex technology into accessible explanations for a range of audiences. Go-to-Market (GTM) Own GTM strategy for major launches. Drive product adoption through crisp positioning, compelling demos, and tight coordination across Product, Sales, Growth, and Marketing. Sales Enablement Create materials that help Sales and Customer Success articulate Descript's differentiated value. Provide competitive insights, pitch frameworks, and product-led stories that accelerate deal cycles. Cross-functional Leadership Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Sales to bring market insight into roadmap decisions. Ensure alignment from strategy through execution. AI Evangelism Represent Descript at events, webinars, with customers, partners, and analysts. Tell the story of where AI-assisted media creation is heading and how Descript is shaping that future. What You Bring Deep Expertise You have 15+ years as a proven product marketing leader, with experience working in SaaS business and marketing technical products. Ideally you have some experience in a startup environment. Team Development You have 7+ years of people-management, that have informed thoughtful approaches to helping team members learn, explore, and do their best work. Influential Leadership You bring strong opinions, spark productive debates, and help your team and partners operate with clarity and conviction. You make product marketing visible and trusted across the organization. Ownership & Craft You have a broad curiosity and interest in the technical and user-facing aspects of a product. You have a commitment to craft, an eagle-eye for detail, and a supernatural ability to see around corners. Exceptional Communication In cross-functional relationships, strategy documentation, campaign analysis, and guidance for improvement, your written and verbal communication is clear and galvanizing. Data Fluency You make Hex and Amplitude dashboards in your sleep. And you know how to ask the right questions of Data Science and Research collaborators. Bonus strengths You have some fluency with creative tools. You keep up with the internet zeitgeist, and knowing how to ride the waves. The base salary range for this role is $220,000-250,000. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and they may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

The Role We're looking for a driven and creative Account Executive to bring Descript's video and AI solutions to more businesses around the world. As one of our early sales hires, you'll help shape our sales playbook, refine our strategy, and drive new revenue growth. This role offers a rare opportunity to partner closely with Product and Marketing teams, working across the company to define the future of Descript's enterprise and creator sales motion. What You'll Do Own the full sales cycle - from prospecting to closing Develop and execute outbound strategies to identify and engage new opportunities Run product demos and lead technical + business conversations across multiple stakeholder levels Build and manage executive-level relationships with enterprise customers Collaborate with internal teams to optimize the customer journey and feed insights into product and marketing initiatives What You Bring Proven success in a quota-carrying B2B SaaS or AI sales role Experience managing complex sales cycles and closing high-value deals Ability to translate technical products into clear business outcomes Creative, persistent, and curious approach to building pipeline and outreach Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments - you build as you go Enthusiasm for creator-oriented tools, especially in video, audio, or AI Knowledge of media creation workflows within organizations The base salary range for this role is $100,000- $135,000/year and the compensation structure will follow a 50/50 base/variable split. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

About the Role Finance at Descript isn't a back-office function, it's a strategic partner in shaping where and how we grow. This role exists to turn insight into leverage: helping the company make smarter bets, allocate capital effectively, and improve the efficiency of how we operate. You'll report to the VP of Finance and lead FP&A while driving key strategic finance initiatives across the company, partnering closely with Product and Engineering. Your work will influence how we evaluate investments, plan headcount and spend, manage compute and COGS, and assess the financial impact of pricing and monetization decisions. We're looking for someone who sees finance as a creative craft - not just about control or compliance, but about clarity, curiosity, and action. You'll build models, frameworks, and narratives that help Descript make better decisions faster. The right person thrives at the intersection of data, product, and strategy; is fluent in SQL or eager to learn it; and has the range to move from tactical detail to company-level strategy. What will you do? * Lead FP&A, own company-wide planning, forecasting, and performance management. Build dashboards that surface tradeoffs and guide executive decisions (Including P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet modeling) * Own headcount modeling and workforce planning across all functions, partnering with the exec team on hiring plans, tradeoffs, and timing. * Drive monthly and quarterly variance analysis and performance reviews, including plan vs actuals across revenue, spend, and headcount. * Collaborate with Product and Engineering to monitor COGS, compute and inference costs, identify efficiency opportunities, and help drive improvements in gross margin * Evaluate areas of investment by analyzing unit economics, and ROI across products and segments * Lead long term financial planning, opportunity sizing, and scenario modeling to support strategic decisions. * Support data-driven narratives for board and investor updates, and support fundraising efforts with modeling, materials, and financial storytelling. * Influence company wide resourcing decisions across headcount, operating spend, and capital allocation. What you bring: * 7+ years in finance roles at high-growth tech companies * Early training in consulting or investment banking * Experience running FP&A end to end, ideally scaling from * Strong modeling, analytical rigor, and ability to influence * Cross-functional fluency with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams - able to translate financial insights into product and operational decisions * Deep understanding of SaaS economics and pipeline dynamics * Hands-on understanding of cloud and compute economics, with experience optimizing COGS and driving cost efficiency * Comfortable working with data directly - proficiency in SQL or a strong desire to learn * Excellent storytelling skills with data * Thrives in ambiguity, rapid iteration, and cross-functional collaboration If you don't tick every box above, we'd still encourage you to apply. We're building a diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another. The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote

About the Role We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for easy and fast creation of audio and video content. Building a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit, and mix audio and video on the web comes with a series of unique technical challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. We are looking for an experienced software engineer to build a best-in-class video editing and streaming platform to power the core editing and AI functionality of the app. About the team: Descript's editor product makes the creation of high quality video and audio content accessible to anyone. The product, which was originally geared towards podcasters, has grown into a broad suite of editing tools that support a wide range of use cases. The Editor team is responsible for building the product experiences that will continue to expand the capabilities of the editing experience and enable even more people to experience the ease and joy of producing content with Descript. What you bring: 5+ years of professional fullstack software engineering experience. Expertise in Typescript, React, and RESTful APIs Solid CS fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, databases (Postgres, Redis) Experience building creative tools in the past or you're a frequent user of creative media tools A desire to have a high degree of ownership and accountability A deep understanding of system design principles and are effective at understanding and integrating customer needs into your decisions The ability to thrive in collaborative environments including when working with other functions (e.g. product, design, research, AI engineering) What the team is working on: As the owners of the core editing experience, the Editor team's work covers a broad range of features. Building traditional editing functionality (e.g. timeline editing, effects & animations) Integrating in-house (e.g. studio audio) and third-party AI functionality to supercharge any user's ability to make excellent video and audio content Supporting the data model and systems that manage the state of projects across clients Building media management features that enable organizations to build on Descript as a team This team might be a good fit for you if… You're excited to work on creative tools where users' workflows are varied and complex You're energized by having a high degree of ownership and accountability You like to own technical solutions and are also passionate about making the best product experience possible for the user You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working with other functions (e.g. product, design, research, AI engineering) At our current size and stage, we embrace a flat organizational structure and value the expertise and contributions of every team member. As such, we have a unified job title for our engineering roles where everyone, including those with Staff-level scope, is considered a Software Engineer. While titles may not change, we are actively seeking Software Engineers with senior-or-higher-equivalent experience to join our team. The base salary range for this role is $193,000-$250,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above. About Descript 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.

About the Role We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Accounting Manager to join the finance team at Descript. This is an exciting opportunity for a strong Senior Accountant or newly promoted Accounting Manager to take ownership of the company's core accounting operations and help shape the next stage of Descript's financial maturity. Reporting directly to the Controller, this person will own the majority of the month-end close process - including cash, prepaids, fixed assets, accounts payable, accruals, and related reconciliations. Beyond the close, they'll lead the day-to-day accounting operations across accounts payable, procurement, and accounts receivable, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across all processes. This is a highly visible role with room to grow. The ideal candidate will bring strong operational accounting skills, a process-driven mindset, and a desire to implement scalable controls and systems that support a growing, operationally mature organization. You'll work cross-functionally with teams across Finance, RevOps, and People to streamline workflows, improve reporting accuracy, and help Descript build a best-in-class accounting function. Responsibilities * Own key areas of the monthly close, including cash, prepaids, fixed assets, accounts payable, accruals, and reconciliations * Manage the day-to-day accounting operations, including AP, AR, and procurement workflows. * Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules * Partner with the Controller to design and implement accounting controls, policies, and procedures * Drive process improvements to increase efficiency and consistency across accounting operations * Support audit readiness, financial reporting, and compliance initiatives * Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance, RevOps, Engineering) to ensure accurate and timely financial data * Contribute to system enhancements and automation efforts as Descript scales. Who You Are * Experienced accounting professional with 4-7 years of progressive experience (public accounting and tech/startup experience strongly preferred) * CPA preferred (or working toward it) is a plus, but not required * Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation * Hands-on with month-end close and comfortable working across multiple accounting areas (cash, prepaids, accruals, AP, AR, etc.) * Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive - you take ownership and follow through. * Experience implementing or improving internal controls and accounting processes * Curious, collaborative, and motivated by helping a fast-growing company scale responsibly Bonus Points * You have a "roll up your sleeves" mentality, willing to help whenever and wherever, * You have experience with a wide range of Accounting Tools (NetSuite, Zip, Stripe, Numeric, Navan, etc.) * You have B2C experience, working with large volumes of datasets The base salary range for this role is $145,000 - 165,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote

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. As an early member on the data team, you will build out our data foundation across product and marketing. If you are curious, excited about working cross-functionally, and motivated by having a huge impact on the business, this role could be a good fit for you! What You'll Do Design, develop, and optimize robust data models to facilitate seamless reporting, analysis, and experimentation for marketing, product, and finance teams. Spearhead the creation of advanced marketing pipelines, ensuring data flows efficiently and accurately to support customer segmentation, campaign optimization, and ROI analysis. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to refine metrics and build intuitive dashboards that empower stakeholders with actionable insights. Standardize, monitor, and document data assets, ensuring data integrity and consistency throughout our analytics infrastructure. What You Bring 7+ years of experience in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, or Data Analytics Proficiency in SQL, Python, and dbt Strong communication skills and the ability to translate business needs into tractable work items Extensive experience with prosumer and/or enterprise SaaS products Curiosity, savviness to navigate in a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset The base salary range for this role is $170,000- $208,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above. About Descript 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.

About the Role We're building a next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for creating audio and video content quickly and easily. This involves developing a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit, and mix audio and video on the web using state-of-the-art AI models-a challenge that requires solving complex technical problems. We're hiring a senior engineer to join our AI Platform and Enablement team. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment and is comfortable navigating the ambiguity of bringing research work into an established product. About the Team The team's objective is to support integrating cutting-edge first-party models (developed by our in-house AI Research team) and third-party/open source AI models into the Descript product. In this role, you will: Build, maintain, and standardize third-party model integrations, including consulting for other engineering teams with AI model integration needs Design, implement, and maintain our AI infrastructure supporting our machine learning life cycle, including data ingestion pipelines, training developer experience and infrastructure, evaluation frameworks, and deployments / GPU infrastructure Collaborate with Product Managers, Research Engineers, and AI Researchers to understand their infrastructure needs and ensure our AI systems are robust, scalable, and efficient Optimize and scale our models and algorithms for efficient inference Deploy, monitor, and manage AI models in production What you bring: Minimum Qualifications Experience in deploying and managing AI models in production Experience with the tools of large volume data pipelines like spark, flume, dask, etc. Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). Knowledge of DevOps and MLOps best practices Strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills. Extra credit! Experience with generative AI models Familiarity with audio and video processing Knowledge of Python, C/C++, CUDA, and experience profiling GPU performance and distributed training runs Experience with machine learning frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow or similar Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification above, please apply anyways. The base salary range for these roles is $180,000 - $286,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, level, and may vary from the amount above. About Descript 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. About Descript 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.

About the role Descript's vision is to put video in every communicator's toolkit. Back in the day you needed like six monitors and a bachelor's degree to edit video. Descript lets you do it by editing docs & slides, and increasingly by just asking AI. In the future, maybe you won't even need to ask! But building a new way to record and edit videos that look & sound good comes with a series of unique design, technology, and business challenges. In other words, we need really good product managers. As a Product Manager on the Editor team, you'll be shaping the future of what creative collaboration looks like with AI, from recording to final polish. You'll work alongside a small, flat, highly collaborative team of experienced PMs, engineers, designers, AI researchers, and marketers. This is an opportunity to get hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI technology in a product users love and grow fast in your PM craft. What you'll do Develop a deep understanding of our customers, their creative goals, and the evolving video/AI landscape - and use those insights to guide the roadmap. Own and shape the recording experience so that anyone can look and sound great without special gear or expertise. Bring Descript's taste for great video into the recording and editing experience, shaping interactions and defaults so creators naturally produce work that feels polished and professional. Partner with AI research, engineering, design, and other teams to translate cutting-edge technology into reliable, delightful experiences. Own and drive the feature roadmap for your team from idea generation through to execution and analysis. You'll bring clarity and focus to your team, and help them deliver value to users reliably and effectively. Who you are You have seen (and shipped) some things: You have 3 or more years of product management experience, ideally with a product of technical complexity that incorporates generative AI models. You start with the customer: Plenty of “AI products” start with the technology and they all suck. You care deeply about understanding customers, and have experience in doing customer discovery and defining features that solve real problems. You are a fog sculptor: There are aspects to our product and its design that do not have real competitors yet. The product intuition and design conventions have not been decided. We need product managers who are attracted to ambiguous problems, know how to ask smart questions, and translate ideas into action. You care about craft: Our product is not a hype machine that runs on empty promises and vaporware. We think our product will be successful because people love to use it. That means sweating the details. But without the sweat, because you aren't stressed out. You are funny, creative, maybe kind of weird: Ok, this isn't a hard requirement but Descript is kind of a quirky place and the people who love it tend to like that about working here. So, just want to drop a hint early on. Also, the sense of humor is important because even though we take our work seriously it's still just, like, video creation and editing. We aren't flying rockets into space so let's all have a good time. The base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $265,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.

Descript's vision is to put video in every communicator's toolkit. Back in the day you needed like six monitors and a bachelor's degree to edit video. Descript lets you do it by editing docs & slides, and increasingly by just asking AI. In the future, maybe you won't even need to ask! But building a new way to record or generate (or both!) videos that look & sound good comes with a series of unique design, technology, and business challenges. In other words, we need really good product managers. We're looking for a Product Manager to help build the future of video editing with AI. You'll work alongside a small, flat, highly collaborative team of experienced PMs, AI researchers, engineers, designers, and marketers. This is an opportunity to get hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI technology in a product users love and grow fast in your PM craft. What you'll do Develop a deep understanding of our customers, market, and product opportunities Develop a deep understanding of the landscape of modern AI models and conviction on where Descript should build, buy, partner and contribute to the field Drive company-wide AI initiatives that have meaningful business & user impact, and become an influential advocate for our AI strategy Own and drive the roadmap for AI models at Descript, from idea generation through to execution, evaluation and iteration Collaborate with AI research, engineering, design, and other product teams to ship AI models that delight our users and deliver meaningful impact on Descript's business Who you are You have seen (and shipped) some things: You have 2 or more years of product management experience, ideally with a product of technical complexity that incorporates generative AI models. You start with the customer: Plenty of “AI products” start with the technology and they all suck. You care deeply about understanding customers, and have experience in doing customer discovery and defining features that solve real problems. You are a fog sculptor: There are aspects to our product and its design that do not have real competitors yet. The product intuition and design conventions have not been decided. We need product managers who are attracted to ambiguous problems, know how to ask smart questions, and translate ideas into action. You care about craft: Our product is not a hype machine that runs on empty promises and vaporware. We think our product will be successful because people love to use it. That means sweating the details. But without the sweat, because you aren't stressed out. You are funny, creative, maybe kind of weird: Ok, this isn't a hard requirement but Descript is kind of a quirky place and the people who love it tend to like that about working here. So, just want to drop a hint early on. Also, the sense of humor is important because even though we take our work seriously it's still just, like, video creation and editing. We aren't flying rockets into space so let's all have a good time. About Descript 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 - with a proven CEO 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, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. We're looking to hire people who are local and able to join us at the office when needed. We're flexible, and you're an adult-we don't expect or mandate that you're in the office every day. But 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. The base salary range for this role is $155,000-205,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and they may vary from the amount above. #LI-Remote About Descript 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.