Job Overview
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
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 with deep concentration.
- • Partner effectively with opinionated designers, marketers, and product managers to align technical execution with product vision and user needs.
- • Contribute to an asynchronous, remote-first culture that values autonomy, intuition, and hustle while maintaining high standards of engineering quality.
- • Build systems that directly support Speechify’s mission to transform how people consume information through audio, making learning faster, deeper, and more accessible.
- • Engage in end-to-end system thinking, from user-facing features to underlying infrastructure, ensuring holistic optimization of performance and reliability.
- • Iterate rapidly on product features while maintaining stability and performance across multiple platforms and device types.
- • Leverage Kotlin Multiplatform expertise to develop shared codebases that reduce redundancy and improve consistency across iOS, Android, and web environments.
- • Contribute to a product used by millions that sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio technology, driving innovation in accessibility and information consumption.
🎯 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 background jobs
- • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with product, design, and marketing teams in a fast-paced, remote environment
- • Focus and discipline to thrive in a high-growth startup with asynchronous workflows
- • Prior experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salaries
- • 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
- • Hands-off management approach enabling deep focus and autonomy
- • Friendly and laid-back atmosphere with commitment to building a strong asynchronous culture
Skills & Technologies
Java
Kotlin
GCP
Senior
Remote
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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