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Speechify is the leading text-to-speech platform that converts articles, documents, and books into audio, enabling users to consume information at their own pace. The company is experiencing exponential growth and is #1 in its category.
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, reduce scope for faster customer feedback, and navigate integration/UX tradeoffs across different product teams
- Delivering solutions via cross-platform SDK
- 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 bring systems thinking—understanding that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design with a focus on simplicity. You work quickly to generate ideas and options, knowing which things can ship now versus what needs time. You thrive in a high-growth, remote, asynchronous environment where you can be heads-down when needed and collaborative when required. 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.
Speechify's mission is to make information accessible to everyone, with particular impact for people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism. You'll work on a product used by millions at the intersection of AI and audio.
