Key skills
ReactTypeScriptMentoringCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Own the use of React across the codebase
- Evolve and scale Descript's component library
- Profile, diagnose, and fix client-side performance bottlenecks
- Identify gaps in our testing strategy and work with the entire engineering org to make changes
- Act as a force multiplier, writing playbooks & docs, delivering tech talks, pairing with product engineers, and creating local tooling
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional frontend or full-stack engineering experience, with deep expertise in React and the modern React ecosystem (hooks, concurrent features, Suspense)
- Demonstrated experience working on a platform, infrastructure, or developer experience team
- Strong understanding of client-side performance: profiling tools (React DevTools, Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse), rendering optimization, bundle analysis, and runtime performance 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
- A track record of mentoring, guiding, and influencing other engineers through documentation, pairing, code review, or internal tooling
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
Tech Stack
- React
- TypeScript
Benefits
- generous healthcare package
- 401k matching program
- catered lunches
- flexible vacation time