Senior Security Engineer Jobs

Descript is on a mission to make audio and video content creation and editing fast, easy, and accessible to all. We are building a cutting-edge media editor incorporating real time collaboration, ground-breaking UX, and cutting-edge AI. This is the future of media!

As a Security Engineer, you will design and drive systemic improvements to Descript's product, infrastructure, and IT systems security. We are looking for security generalists who have good fundamentals and the desire to teach and advise colleagues. As one of the early members of Security Engineering, you will be shaping what Security looks like at Descript as we grow. If you love the idea of working closely with engineering leadership and the rest of the team to set the foundational directions for security, and if you're passionate about helping to build a product that users love, this may be the role for you!

At Descript, you will:

• Own our relationship with the security community, from handling vulnerability reports to running pen testing and offensive security exercises.
• Grow a security culture and team at Descript.
• Develop technical and business solutions to prevent and mitigate current and new attack vectors and security vulnerabilities in both our product and our infrastructure.
• Promote best practices and develop technical guardrails for security, privacy, and trustworthiness at Descript.
• Provide security assessments, including regular audits of our security posture, code reviews, and design reviews.

Requirements

• Basic coding skills to work on automation and technical guardrails.
• Experience mentoring engineers, including code reviews, architecture discussions, and leadership skills
• A solid understanding of at least two of: SaaS security, public cloud infra security, Linux/Mac/Windows systems security, and web app security
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with other functions
• 5+ years experience in security engineering, or 5+ years in software engineering with an interest in working in security

The base salary range for this role is $160,000- $230,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and they 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 100 — with a proven CEO and the backing of some of the world's greatest investors (OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital). Descript HQ is in San Francisco, and our AI research team, Lyrebird, is based in Montreal.

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. We currently have offices in San Francisco and Montreal, and are open to folks working remotely between PT and ET time zones. Whether you love WFH or can't wait to get back to being in person, we're interested in offering an environment that works for you.

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.