Descript
Software Development
Descript makes editing video and audio as easy as editing text. Record, transcribe, edit, and publish in one tool. Try for free, with powerful upgrades for creators & teams.
Hiring now
Is Descript hiring?
Yes. As of November 5, 2026, Descript has 9 open roles on Metaintro.
Open roles
Newest first. Pay shown when the posting lists it.
- Brand Design LeadDesignSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $140K – $185K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$140K – $185K/yrSep 25, 2026
- Lead Editor Product ManagerProduct/Project ManagementSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $225K – $290K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$225K – $290K/yrSep 11, 2026
- Software Engineer, InfrastructureDevOpsSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $220K – $292K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$220K – $292K/yrSep 4, 2026
- Software Engineer, ProductDeveloperSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $220K – $265K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$220K – $265K/yrSep 3, 2026
- Account ExecutiveSalesSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $100K – $125K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$100K – $125K/yrAug 28, 2026
- Applied Research Scientist, AI ResearchArtificial Intelligence/Machine LearningSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $197K – $262.5K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$197K – $262.5K/yrAug 25, 2026
- Head of Enterprise MarketingMarketingSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $180K – $230K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$180K – $230K/yrJul 8, 2026
- Lead Data Scientist, ProductAnalystSan Francisco, California, United States · Remote · $200K – $250K/yrSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemote$200K – $250K/yrJun 23, 2026
Hiring pattern
How fast Descript is adding roles, and how they're set up.
New roles each monthRoles first posted in the month
Customers
All 11 companies Descript names as customers.
What their customers say
Quotes from people at Descript's customers.
““It automatically makes the videos the right size for social media reels, which saves me a lot of hassle. Being able to edit the video based on the transcript is incredibly convenient and user-friendly.””
““We use Descript to help with our collaborative editing processes. A lot of our internal communications are screened through a series of executives and Descript makes it really easy to share with the review team.””
““The templates make it really easy to quickly get a good looking video done…Getting video content fast and cohesive with our branding.””
““…phenomenal AI tools, so you can do everything in one place. With Descript we can create videos for our YouTube channel and our LinkeIn page much faster and with high quality.””
““Descript will find highlights and create clips of any length that I specify. It writes YouTube descriptions and creates chapters as well as will give me the start to a blog post. All from one piece of content!””
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““Transcription based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing.””
“When I get a video review, that person now has the floor to say their whole piece. And it forces me as the reviewer to listen to the whole story.”
“It’s hard to remember a time before Descript. We to try and put it out of our minds of how slow it used to be.”
“What sold me on Descript was the ease of having a recording solution and an editing solution in the same platform.”
“Descript changed our workflow by turning hours of timeline scrubbing into fast, review-ready roughs and batch social cuts. That has saved our team significant time.”
“It would be virtually impossible to hit the turnaround times that we strive for without immediate collaborative tools like Descript.”
“I had a bunch of different French speakers all chime in,” Gabriel said. “People were like, ‘This is really good.’ It’s hard to tell most of the time.”
“If your plan is to scale your academy large and globally, and you have a small team that you need to make mighty, Descript is a really powerful companion to have.”
“Without the right tools, it will take you forever to get your videos the way you need them to be. I’d tell anybody new to video for customer education, or learning and development: without Descript, you’re going to find yourself stuck in an editing abyss.”
AI launches and partners
What Descript has launched and who it works with on AI.
- LaunchClean up noisy field recordings and bad audioDescript cleans up noisy field recordings and bad audio with AI.
- LaunchUnderlordUnderlord is an AI video editor that can turn a raw recording into a tight cut in minutes.
- LaunchDescript AI video and audio editorDescript’s AI transcribes recordings so users can edit video by changing the transcript.
- LaunchStudio SoundStudio Sound uses AI-powered background-noise removal and voice enhancement.
Skills they ask for
Most frequent across open postings.
Tech stack
- Libraries
- Tailwind CSS
- CMS
- Sanity
- Analytics
- Google Analytics 4
- Google Tag Manager
- Frameworks
- Next.js
Company facts
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Software Development
- Sector (NAICS)
- Information
- Peer
- Website
- descript.com
- Careers
- descript.com/careers
Sources: Headquarters from Wikidata
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Questions about Descript
- Is Descript hiring?
- Yes. As of November 5, 2026, Descript has 9 open roles on Metaintro. The most are in Analyst (1), Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (1), and Design (1).
- Who are Descript's customers?
- Descript names 11 customers, including Amazon, Microsoft, Okta, Shopify, and Canva.