Job Overview
Location
Athens, Greece
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, navigate integration and UX tradeoffs across platforms, and deliver solutions via the cross-platform SDK.
- • Optimize existing functionality to improve performance, including faster loading times and more intelligent parsing, by designing more efficient abstractions and enhancing core algorithms.
- • 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 product experience across all platforms.
- • Design clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that directly enhance the user experience while maintaining scalability and reliability.
- • Engage in end-to-end system design, prioritizing simplicity and long-term maintainability over short-term fixes.
- • Work quickly to generate ideas, evaluate options, and determine what can ship immediately versus what requires further refinement.
- • Maintain focus in a high-growth, remote startup environment by knowing when to engage collaboratively and when to work independently.
- • Collaborate effectively with opinionated designers, marketers, and product managers to align technical execution with product vision.
- • Contribute to a product that transforms how people access information, particularly supporting users with learning differences such as dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, and autism.
- • Operate within a hands-off management structure that empowers autonomy and deep focus to produce high-quality work.
- • Participate in building an asynchronous culture that values clear communication, ownership, and results over presence.
- • Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
- • Shape the direction of a market-leading product that is #1 in its category and experiencing exponential growth.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proficiency in Kotlin, with experience in Kotlin Multiplatform preferred
- • Strong systems thinking and ability to design end-to-end solutions with simplicity and reliability as priorities
- • Experience shipping cloud functions, backend services, or jobs using Kotlin
- • Demonstrated ability to work quickly, prioritize effectively, and make decisions on what to ship now versus later
- • Proven collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including product, design, and marketing
- • Focus and self-direction in a remote, high-growth startup environment
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salaries
- • Hands-off management approach enabling deep focus and autonomy
- • Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions, especially supporting users with learning differences
- • Fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product direction
- • Entrepreneurial-minded team culture that supports risk-taking, intuition, and hustle
- • Friendly and laid-back atmosphere with commitment to asynchronous work culture
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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