Software Engineer, Platform - Seoul, South Korea at Speechify | KOR | Rezi

Software Engineer, Platform - Seoul, South Korea at Speechify

Software Engineer, Platform - Seoul, South Korea

Speechify · KOR

5 days ago

Software Engineer, Platform - Seoul, South Korea

Speechify · KOR

6 days ago
Resume preview

Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now
Resume preview

Tailor your resume to this Software Engineer, Platform - Seoul, South Korea role.

Rezi rewrites your resume against Speechify's job description. Free.

Resume score gauge reading 58 out of 100

Don't guess if your resume is good enough.

See how it scores against the Software Engineer, Platform - Seoul, South Korea posting at Speechify — free, in seconds.

About the Role

The Platform team owns the backend systems for Speechify's text-to-speech products, including APIs, payments, subscriptions, and analytics, serving over 50 million users. The role focuses on making systems more efficient, reliable, and requiring less maintenance over time, with a growth path centered on taking on and mastering new scope.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and own the APIs for payments, subscriptions, authentication, consumption tracking, and the public TTS API.
  • Enhance existing services to improve performance, reduce costs, and increase reliability.
  • Ensure the correctness of changes before deployment and implement checks to maintain correctness post-deployment.
  • Automate repetitive tasks to free up time for more complex challenges.
  • Develop reusable solutions and processes for the team.
  • Design B2B and enterprise integrations for customers utilizing Speechify's platform.
  • Collaborate with product, mobile, and web teams to align backend architecture with product direction.

Requirements

  • Proven backend experience in TS/Node.
  • Direct experience with GCP; working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or another cloud.
  • Demonstrated ability to delegate work and create opportunities for growth.
  • Experience with daily use of AI agents, including their setup, review processes, and limitations.
  • Instinct to validate results by checking system internals (logs, database state, requests) rather than summaries.
  • Judgment to determine what not to build and clearly articulate the reasoning.
  • Preference for constructive feedback over being right.
  • Experience with Docker and containerized deployments (preferred).
  • Experience deploying high-availability applications on Kubernetes (preferred).

Skills

  • TS/Node
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • AI agents
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Location

  • 100% distributed setting

Work Type

  • Distributed
  • Asynchronous work culture

Experience Level

  • Backend experience

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Welcoming atmosphere
  • Commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
  • Opportunity to impact a revolutionary industry
  • Autonomy fostering focus and creativity
  • Dynamic environment where contributions shape the company and products
  • Team valuing innovation, intuition, and drive

About the Company

  • Speechify's mission is to ensure 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 for faster, more effective learning.
  • Speechify has no offices and operates in a 100% distributed setting with nearly 200 employees globally.
  • Google named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year.
  • Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.

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.