Job Overview
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
May 25, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Collaborate with Speechify’s Product Teams to scope projects, reduce scope for faster customer feedback, and navigate integration and UX tradeoffs across platforms using the cross-platform SDK.
- • Design and implement more efficient abstractions and algorithms to optimize existing functionality, including faster loading times and more intelligent parsing of content.
- • Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and background jobs using Kotlin.
- • Work at the intersection of product and infrastructure to build and maintain foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s core user experience across all platforms.
- • Translate product goals into technical solutions that enhance accessibility and usability for millions of users, including those with learning differences such as dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, and autism.
- • Prioritize simplicity and reliability in system design, ensuring APIs and services are clear, maintainable, and scalable.
- • Balance speed and focus in a high-growth startup environment, knowing when to engage collaboratively and when to work independently to deliver results.
- • Partner with opinionated designers, marketers, and product managers to inspire, negotiate, and align on technical execution while respecting diverse perspectives.
- • Contribute to an asynchronous, remote-first culture that values autonomy, intuition, and hands-off management to enable deep, focused work.
- • Shape the future of an industry-defining product at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio, helping to redefine how people consume information.
- • Build systems that directly support accessibility and inclusive learning, making information consumption easier, deeper, and faster for users with diverse needs.
- • Optimize end-to-end system performance by thinking holistically about architecture, user impact, and operational efficiency.
- • Drive technical decisions that balance rapid iteration with long-term maintainability in a rapidly scaling product.
- • Leverage Kotlin Multiplatform to deliver consistent, high-performance experiences across iOS, Android, web, and desktop platforms.
- • Contribute to a culture that rewards hustle, risk-taking, and entrepreneurial thinking within a fast-growing, mission-driven organization.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proficiency in Kotlin, with experience in Kotlin Multiplatform preferred
- • Experience building and maintaining cross-platform SDKs and foundational services
- • Strong systems thinking with a focus on simplicity, reliability, and end-to-end design
- • Proven ability to ship cloud functions and lightweight backend services
- • Demonstrated collaboration skills with product, design, and marketing teams
- • Experience working in a high-growth startup or fast-paced engineering environment
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salaries and a friendly, laid-back atmosphere
- • Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions
- • Hands-off management approach enabling autonomy and focused work
- • Support for risk-taking, intuition, and entrepreneurial thinking
- • Contribution to a transformative industry at the intersection of AI and audio
- • Work that directly supports accessibility for users with learning differences
Skills & Technologies
About Speechify Inc.
Speechify provides text-to-speech software that converts written text into natural-sounding audio. The platform supports web, desktop, and mobile applications, enabling users to listen to documents, articles, PDFs, emails, and other text formats. It offers multiple voices, adjustable playback speeds, and integrations with cloud storage and productivity tools. Targeting students, professionals, and individuals with reading difficulties such as dyslexia, the service aims to improve reading efficiency and accessibility through AI-generated speech synthesis.
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