Software Engineer, iOS Core Product - Reston, VA, USA

Speechify • Reston, VA

18h • Remote

About The Position

Speechify is seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to support its growing user base and contribute to new projects. This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically, thrives in fast-paced environments, is passionate about product decisions, and has experience building delightful user experiences. Speechify is a flat organization where individuals can become leaders through technical skill and consistent delivery. A strong work ethic, solid communication skills, and a drive to win are essential. The interview process is expedited, aiming for completion within one week.

Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify's text-to-speech products to convert various reading materials into audio, enhancing reading speed, comprehension, and retention. The company operates in a 100% distributed setting with no physical offices, employing nearly 200 individuals globally, including former employees from major tech companies and PhDs from top universities. Speechify's products include iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome Extension, and Web apps, with recent accolades including Google's Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple's App of the Day. The iOS app is ranked #18 in the App Store's productivity category, and Speechify received Apple's 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity.

Requirements

• Experience working on products that scaled to a large user base
• Track record of working on various products from inception to decent traction
• Responsibility for engineering products
• Customer obsession: constantly obsessed about providing the best possible experience
• Product thinking: make thoughtful decisions about product evolution and support internal teams and designers
• Speed: work quickly to generate ideas and decide what can ship now versus what needs more time
• Focus: ability to know how and when to engage or be heads down in a busy, remote startup environment
• Swift Programming Language
• SwiftUI experience
• Experience in Multithreading Programming
• Working with CI/CD infrastructure
• Experience with Fastlane
• SOLID principles, the ability to write every single class according to SOLID
• Experience with Git and understanding of different Git strategies

Responsibilities

• Lead key engineering and product decisions
• Actively ship production code for the Speechify iOS app
• Work within a dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
• Maintain and enhance the existing complex app architecture

Benefits

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• The opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary
• A collegiate atmosphere
• A commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
• Work on a product that millions of people use and where daily feedback includes users sharing that they cried when they first found the product because it was so impactful on their lives
• Support people with learning differences like Dyslexia, ADD, Low Vision, Concussions, Autism, and Second Language Learners, and give reading superpowers to professionals all over the world
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech: Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Audio

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed