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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 high-quality audio, making information accessible and learnable for millions of users. 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, SDKs, and infrastructure that power Speechify's product across all platforms. This is a strategic role at the intersection of product and infrastructure, where you'll design 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 platforms
- Optimizing existing functionality to improve performance (faster loading, intelligent parsing) through better abstractions and algorithm improvements
- Shipping cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin
You'll thrive in this role if you have systems thinking (understanding that optimization requires end-to-end design and valuing simplicity), work with speed (generating ideas quickly and knowing what can ship now vs. later), maintain focus in a high-growth remote environment, and collaborate effectively with designers, marketers, and product managers.
The preferred tech stack includes Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience acceptable but role is Kotlin-focused) and prior GCP experience is a plus. You'll work in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment with a hands-off management approach, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to impact millions of users—particularly those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism.
