Job description
About Us
We are looking for a talented infrastructure security engineer to join our team and help protect our platform, systems, and user data. As a Security Engineer, you will be instrumental in identifying vulnerabilities, implementing and improving security controls, and ensuring that security is embedded into our products from the ground up.
What You’ll Do
- Design and build security-focused infrastructure primitives and integrate them into our existing products and development processes
- Perform technical security assessments, code audits, and design reviews
- Lead remediation of prioritized issues across our technology stack
- Partner with engineering teams to design and deploy solutions which are inherently secure
- Conduct assessments to identify current and new attack vectors against our products and services
- Help run penetration testing and our security-related compliance efforts
- Advocate for security best practices throughout the organization
What You Need
- 5+ years of experience building software with at least 2 years focused on platform, infrastructure, and/or security
- Strong understanding of web application security, cloud security (GCP preferred), and secure coding practices
- Proficiency in at least one general purpose programming language (TypeScript experience preferred)
- Experience with authentication and authorization systems
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience collaborating across functions
- Desire to work in a fast-paced environment, continuously grow, and master your craft
Nice to Have
- Experience with TypeScript and GCP (GKE and other core services)
- Experience with Terraform infrastructure as code
- Background in developing security tooling and automation
- Experience working on identity and access management systems
- Demonstrated ability to make hard prioritization decisions in security controls
The base salary range for this role is $187,000- $227,000/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 — 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.
