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Salary: USD 30,000 - 110,000 / annual
Speechify is a fast-growing AI-powered audio platform that converts written content (articles, documents, books) into high-quality audio, making information accessible and learnable at scale. 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 backend infrastructure that power Speechify's product across all platforms (web, mobile, desktop). This is a critical role at the intersection of product and infrastructure.
Key responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Product Teams to scope projects, manage integration/UX tradeoffs, and deliver solutions via cross-platform SDK
- Optimize existing functionality to improve performance (faster loading, intelligent parsing) through better abstractions and algorithms
- Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin
- Think end-to-end about system design, balancing simplicity with capability
- Work quickly to generate options, decide what ships now vs. later, and maintain focus in a high-growth remote environment
- Partner with designers, marketers, and PMs to navigate technical and product tradeoffs
Ideal candidate traits:
- Systems thinking and appreciation for simplicity in design
- Speed in ideation and decision-making
- Ability to focus and work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Preferred: Kotlin Multiplatform experience (Java background acceptable); GCP experience a plus
The role offers competitive salary (€30k–€110k USD equivalent), equity, and the opportunity to impact millions of users, including those with learning differences (dyslexia, ADD, low vision, autism, etc.). You'll work in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial team with a hands-off management approach and strong asynchronous culture.
