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Salary: USD 140,000 - 200,000 / annual
Speechify is a fast-growing audio information platform that converts articles, documents, and books into listenable content. The company is #1 in its category and experiencing exponential growth, serving millions of users including those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and low vision.
You'll join the Core Experiences Team, which builds and maintains the foundational services and SDKs powering Speechify's product across platforms. This is a critical role at the intersection of product and infrastructure, requiring strategic thinking and a passion for designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that enhance user experience.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with Product Teams to scope projects, reduce scope for faster customer feedback, and navigate integration/UX tradeoffs across different product teams
- Optimizing existing functionality to ship faster loading times and more intelligent parsing through efficient abstractions and algorithm improvements
- Shipping cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin
You should have strong systems thinking, understanding that end-to-end design and simplicity are valuable. You work quickly to generate ideas and options, knowing what can ship now versus what needs time. You thrive in high-growth startup environments with busy, remote teams, balancing focused heads-down work with strategic engagement. You collaborate well with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs.
Preferred tech stack includes Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience acceptable but role focuses on Kotlin Multiplatform) and prior GCP experience is a plus. The company emphasizes a hands-off management approach, entrepreneurial mindset, and asynchronous culture. You'll work on a transformative product at the intersection of AI and audio, directly impacting accessibility and learning.
