Senior Software Engineer, Client Platform

1 month, 1 week ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Descript

Descript

Descript: All-in-one video & podcast editing with AI technology for effortless content creation.

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2017
$100M raised

Description

  • Own React usage across the codebase, including migrations, systemic fixes, and performance improvements.
  • Evolve and scale the design system and component library in partnership with Design.
  • Profile, diagnose, and resolve client-side performance bottlenecks.
  • Establish performance budgets, instrumentation, metrics dashboards, and framework-level performance patterns.
  • Own frontend testing strategy and drive improvements across the codebase.
  • Write playbooks and documentation, deliver technical talks, and create tooling to improve developer productivity.
  • Pair with product engineers and guide adoption of platform improvements.
  • Collaborate across engineering teams to improve shared frontend infrastructure and code health.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional frontend or full-stack engineering experience.
  • Deep expertise in React and the modern React ecosystem, including hooks, concurrent features, and Suspense.
  • Experience on a platform, infrastructure, or developer experience team.
  • Strong understanding of client-side performance, including React DevTools, Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, bundle analysis, and runtime tuning.
  • Hands-on experience building or significantly contributing to a design system or component library at scale.
  • Expertise in TypeScript and modern frontend build tooling.
  • Familiarity with state management approaches in large React applications.
  • Track record of mentoring, guiding, and influencing other engineers through documentation, pairing, code review, or internal tooling.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to propose technical direction and build consensus.
  • Preferred: Experience with monorepo tooling, including testing strategies and build systems.
  • Preferred: Background in accessibility, including WCAG and ARIA patterns.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with CI/CD optimization for frontend builds and test pipelines.
  • Preferred: Experience with Electron or desktop web-hybrid applications.
  • Preferred: Contributions to open-source design systems, React libraries, or developer tooling.
  • Must include the word "analog" as the first word in the cover letter.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $195,000–$250,000 per year.
  • Generous healthcare package.
  • 401(k) matching program.
  • Catered lunches.
  • Flexible vacation time.
  • Remote and hybrid work options.
  • Opportunities for in-person collaboration for remote employees.
  • Flexible hybrid schedule without daily office requirements.

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