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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 product teams
- Optimizing existing functionality to ship faster loading and more intelligent parsing through efficient abstractions and algorithm improvements
- Shipping cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin
You should have systems thinking (understanding that optimizing systems requires end-to-end design with a focus on simplicity), speed (quickly generating ideas and knowing what can ship now vs. what needs time), focus (thriving in a high-growth, remote environment), and strong collaboration skills with designers, marketers, and PMs.
Preferred tech stack includes Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience acceptable but role is Kotlin-focused) and prior GCP experience is a plus. The role offers a fast-growing environment where you can shape the company and product, an entrepreneurial team that supports risk and hustle, hands-off management, and the opportunity to impact a transformative industry at the intersection of AI and audio.
