Job Overview
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
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, 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 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 balancing technical complexity with usability.
- • 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 which features can ship immediately versus those requiring further refinement.
- • Maintain focus in a high-growth, remote startup environment by knowing when to engage collaboratively and when to work independently.
- • Partner effectively with opinionated designers, marketers, and product managers through inspiration, negotiation, and constructive collaboration.
- • 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.
- • Help shape the future of a fast-growing company at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio technology.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proficiency in Kotlin, with experience in Kotlin Multiplatform preferred
- • Strong systems thinking and ability to design end-to-end solutions with simplicity as a core principle
- • Experience shipping cloud functions, backend services, or jobs using Kotlin
- • Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, remote startup environment with cross-functional teams
- • Demonstrated skill in optimizing performance through algorithmic improvements and architectural refinements
- • Experience collaborating with product, design, and marketing teams to balance technical constraints with user needs
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary range of $140,000–$200,000 USD/year plus bonus and stock
- • Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions, especially supporting users with learning differences
- • Entrepreneurial-minded team culture that supports risk-taking, intuition, and hustle
- • Hands-off management approach enabling autonomy and deep focus
- • Fast-growing environment where employees can directly shape company and product direction
- • Commitment to building a great 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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