Job Overview
Location
Riverside, CA, USA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
May 25, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Collaborate with Product Teams to scope projects, reduce scope for faster customer feedback, and navigate integration/UX tradeoffs across platforms using Speechify’s cross-platform SDK.
- • Optimize existing functionality to improve performance metrics such as faster loading times and more intelligent parsing by designing efficient abstractions and enhancing core algorithms.
- • Develop and ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and background jobs using Kotlin.
- • Design and maintain foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across all platforms, ensuring reliability and scalability.
- • Work at the intersection of product and infrastructure to create clear, simple, and reliable APIs that directly enhance user experience.
- • Apply systems thinking to solve problems with end-to-end design, prioritizing simplicity and long-term maintainability over short-term fixes.
- • Work quickly to generate multiple solutions, evaluate tradeoffs, and determine which features can ship immediately versus those requiring further iteration.
- • Maintain focus in a high-growth, remote startup environment by knowing when to engage collaboratively and when to work independently with deep concentration.
- • Partner effectively with opinionated designers, marketers, and product managers through inspiration, negotiation, and constructive collaboration.
- • Contribute to a life-changing product used by millions, specifically supporting users with learning differences such as dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, and autism.
- • Operate within a fast-growing tech sector at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio, helping shape the future of audio information consumption.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proficiency in Kotlin, with experience in Kotlin Multiplatform preferred
- • Demonstrated systems thinking and ability to design end-to-end solutions with emphasis on simplicity and reliability
- • Experience shipping cloud functions, backend services, or jobs using Kotlin
- • Strong ability to work autonomously in a remote, high-growth startup environment
- • Proven collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including product, design, and marketing
- • Prior experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary range of $140,000–$200,000 USD/year plus bonus and stock
- • Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that supports users with learning differences
- • Entrepreneurial-minded team culture that supports risk-taking, intuition, and hustle
- • Hands-off management approach enabling deep focus and autonomy
- • Fast-growing environment where you can directly shape company and product direction
- • Commitment to building a strong 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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