About the Role
Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning. Our text-to-speech products are used by over 50 million people globally to convert reading materials into audio, enhancing reading speed, comprehension, and retention. This role is ideal for strategic thinkers passionate about product decisions and creating delightful user experiences in a fast-paced, flat organization.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
- Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
- Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience
Requirements
- Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
- Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
- Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
- Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
- Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes
Skills
- TS/Node
- GCP
- AWS
- Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Distributed
Experience Level
- Backend development experience
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Welcoming atmosphere
- Commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work 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 has no office and operates in a 100% distributed setting.
- The team includes engineers, AI research scientists from companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, and PhDs from Stanford.
- Speechify is an active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
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.
