Senior Software Engineer, Client Platform

Descript

Remote
Base: $195,000–$250,000pyear; bonus/equity: not sp...
Remote
Modern react expertise
Frontend platform work
Design system evolution
Descript is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Builder Experience team, focusing on enhancing client performance and frontend infrastructure primarily using React. The role emphasizes collaboration, mentoring, and developing scalable design systems while working in a remote environment

Job Summary

  • Descript is building a cutting-edge media editor incorporating real-time collaboration, ground-breaking UX, and cutting-edge AI.
  • The Builder Experience team owns the design system, core UI frameworks, client performance, state management patterns, continuous integration, and libraries/tooling.
  • This role involves owning React usage, evolving the design system, fixing performance bottlenecks, improving testing strategies, and acting as a force multiplier through enablement.

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Descript is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Builder Experience team, focusing on enhancing client performance and frontend infrastructure primarily using React. The role emphasizes collaboration, mentoring, and developing scalable design systems while working in a remote environment.

Salary

Base: $195,000–$250,000/year; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Generous healthcare, 401k matching, catered lunches, flexible vacation

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • modern React expertise
  • frontend platform work
  • design system evolution
  • client-side performance tuning
  • TypeScript and modern build tooling
  • state management patterns

Nice-to-have

  • tooling in a monorepo
  • accessibility and inclusive design
  • CI/CD optimization
  • Electron or desktop web-hybrid apps
  • open-source contributions

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years professional frontend/full-stack experience
  • Deep expertise in React ecosystem
  • Platform, infrastructure, or developer experience team background
  • Strong client-side performance understanding
  • Experience building design systems/component libraries
  • Track record of mentoring/influencing engineers

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