Full-Time Senior Software Engineer AI Platform
Descript is hiring a remote Full-Time Senior Software Engineer AI Platform. The career level for this job opening is Manager and is accepting USA based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Our vision is to build the next generation platform to enable easy and fast creation of audio and video content powered by cutting-edge AI. Building a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit and mix spoken audio and video comes with a series of unique challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems. As Descript continues to grow, with generative AI at the heart of our mission to empower our users, we are actively seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain our AI infrastructure supporting our machine learning life cycle, including data ingestion, training, evaluation, and deployment.
- Collaborate with Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists to understand their infrastructure needs and ensure our AI systems are robust, scalable, and efficient.
- Work on optimizing and scaling of our models and algorithms for efficient inference.
- Deploy, monitor, and manage AI models in production.
- Implement rigorous security protocols to protect sensitive data and prevent abuse.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product requirements and improve our AI platform.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and be ready to present potential use cases to the team.
What You Bring
- Experience in deploying and managing AI models in production.
- Knowledge of Python, C/C++, CUDA, and experience profiling GPU performance and distributed training runs.
- Experience with machine learning frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow or similar.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with generative AI models.
- Familiarity with audio and video processing.
- Knowledge of DevOps best practices.
At our current size and stage, we embrace a flat organizational structure and value the expertise and contributions of every team member. As such, we have a unified job title for our engineering roles where everyone, including those with Staff-level scope, is considered a Software Engineer. While titles may not change, we are actively seeking senior and above Software Engineers to join our team.
The base salary range for this role is $160,000- $215,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above.
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