About the Role
Speechify is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Experiences Team. This role focuses on building and maintaining foundational services and SDKs that power the Speechify product experience across platforms. The ideal candidate will thrive at the intersection of product and infrastructure, possess strategic thinking skills, and be passionate about designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that enhance user experience.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Speechify’s Product Teams to scope projects, find ways to reduce scope for faster customer feedback, navigate integration/UX tradeoffs, and deliver solutions via our cross-platform SDK.
- Optimize existing functionality for faster loading and more intelligent parsing by designing efficient abstractions and improving algorithms.
- Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.
Requirements
- Systems thinking: ability to design end-to-end system optimizations and value simplicity.
- Speed: ability to generate ideas and options quickly and prioritize effectively.
- Focus: ability to engage or work heads-down in a busy, remote startup environment.
- Collaboration: ability to inspire, play, and negotiate with designers, marketers, and PMs.
- Prior experience with GCP is a plus.
Skills
- Kotlin Multiplatform
- Kotlin
- GCP
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- 30,000-120,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience.
Benefits
- A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
- An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
- A hands-off management approach.
- An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
- Competitive salaries.
- A friendly and laid-back atmosphere.
- A commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
- Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
- Work in the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
About the Company
- Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world’s information, including articles, documents, and books.
- The company is #1 in its category and experiencing exponential growth.
- Speechify aims to do for audio information what streaming services have done for audio entertainment.
- The company builds products that support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
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.
