Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - London, United Kingdom at Speechify | GBR | Rezi

Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - London, United Kingdom at Speechify

Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - London, United Kingdom

Speechify · GBR

2 months ago

Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - London, United Kingdom

Speechify · GBR

2 months ago
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About the Role

This is a key role ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users. Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning, with over 50 million users benefiting from its text-to-speech products.

Responsibilities

  • Actively ship production code to the web products
  • Work closely with your dedicated product team
  • Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
  • Work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives

Requirements

  • Experience building and shipping products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
  • Customer obsession and a desire to build high-quality products that serve customer needs
  • Ability to work quickly, generate ideas, and decide what can ship now versus what needs more time
  • Ability to engage or be heads down as needed in a busy, remote team environment
  • Ability to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
  • Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn when applying

Skills

  • Vanilla JS
  • ReactJS
  • Redux
  • Firebase
  • Typescript

Location

  • Remote

Work Type

  • 100% distributed setting
  • Remote

Experience Level

  • Experience building and shipping products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users

Salary/Compensations

  • Competitive salary

Benefits

  • A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
  • An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
  • A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
  • The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
  • A collegiate atmosphere
  • A commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

About the Company

  • Speechify's mission is to make sure reading is never a barrier to learning.
  • Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products.
  • Speechify's products turn reading materials into audio, enabling users to read faster, read more, and remember more.
  • Speechify's text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App.
  • Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.
  • Nearly 200 people work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting with no office.
  • The team includes frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and individuals from companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, as well as leading PhD programs and high-growth startups.
  • Speechify is a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by demonstrating excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast.
  • Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount.
  • The interview process involves several technical interviews and aims to be completed within 1 week.

Equal Opportunity

  • Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
  • Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.