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Salary: USD 140,000 - 200,000 / annual
Speechify is a rapidly growing audio-information platform that converts articles, documents, and books into listenable content. The company is #1 in its category and experiencing exponential growth.
You'll join the Core Experiences Team, which builds and maintains the foundational services and SDKs powering Speechify's product across platforms. This role sits 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 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
Ideal candidates demonstrate systems thinking (understanding end-to-end design and valuing simplicity), speed (quickly generating ideas and deciding what ships now vs. later), focus (managing engagement in a high-growth, remote environment), and strong collaboration skills with designers, marketers, and product managers.
Preferred tech stack includes Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience acceptable but role is Kotlin-focused) and prior GCP experience is a plus.
Speechify's mission is to make information accessible through audio, with particular impact for people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism. The company operates with a hands-off management approach, entrepreneurial mindset, and commitment to asynchronous culture.
