Senior Software Engineer, Platform

The job overview for this position is that Speechify is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Platform team and assist in scaling their infrastructure, optimizing product performance, and building end-to-end systems. The ideal candidate will have experience in building and maintaining large-scale products, possess systems thinking skills, work quickly and efficiently, and be able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. The company offers a fast-growing environment where employees can contribute to shaping the company and product, and values risk-taking and entrepreneurial spirit.

• Build, own, and report on the performance of complex end-to-end systems
• Actively participate in product decisions and refining the product roadmap
• Work with the Platform team to provide universal architecture and experience across our products
• Play a crucial role in building and maintaining large-scale products, both backend and frontend
• Think high level about end-to-end systems involving multiple products and 3rd party services
• Work quickly to generate ideas and options and make decisions on shipping priorities
• Know how and when to engage or be heads down in a high-growth startup environment
• Collaborate with designers, marketers, and PMs to inspire, play, and negotiate
• Have experience with NodeJS/Typescript and Java/Kotlin (Kotlin Multiplatform experience a plus)
• Help shape the company and product in a fast-growing environment
• Support risk, intuition, and hustle with an entrepreneurial-minded team
• Benefit from a hands-off management approach to focus on your work.

• Experience building and maintaining large scale products
• Backend and frontend development experience
• Ability to think high level about end-to-end systems involving multiple products and 3rd party services
• Ability to work quickly and make decisions on what can ship now and what needs time
• Ability to work in a high-growth startup environment with a busy, remote team
• Collaboration skills to work with designers, marketers, and product managers
• Preferred tech stack includes NodeJS/Typescript and Java/Kotlin (Kotlin Multiplatform experience a plus)

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.