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Salary: USD 30,000 - 120,000 / 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, serving millions of users including those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and low vision.
The Core Experiences Team builds and maintains foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify's product across platforms. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you'll work at the intersection of product and infrastructure, designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that directly enhance user experience.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with Product Teams to scope projects, navigate integration/UX tradeoffs, and deliver solutions via cross-platform SDK
- Optimizing existing functionality to improve performance (faster loading, intelligent parsing) through efficient abstractions and algorithm improvements
- Shipping cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin
You should bring systems thinking—understanding that optimizing requires end-to-end design with a focus on simplicity. Speed is essential: you generate ideas quickly and know what can ship now versus what needs time. You thrive in a high-growth, remote, asynchronous environment where you can balance engagement with focused heads-down work. Strong collaboration skills are critical—you inspire and negotiate effectively with designers, marketers, and product managers.
Preferred tech stack includes Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience acceptable but role focuses on Kotlin Multiplatform) and prior GCP experience is a plus. You'll have the opportunity to shape the company and product, work on a life-changing product impacting millions, and operate at the intersection of AI and audio—one of tech's fastest-growing sectors.
