Job Overview
Location
Sofia, Bulgaria
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
May 25, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and maintaining foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across platforms, critical for enhancing user experience through reliable APIs and simple systems.
- • Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with Product Teams to scope projects, optimizing existing functionality for faster loading and intelligent parsing, and shipping cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.
- • Part of the Core Experiences Team at Speechify, a fast-growing startup leading in audio information technology, where engineers work at the intersection of product and infrastructure to drive impact.
- • Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions, contribute to a transformative industry at the intersection of AI and audio, and support people with learning differences through accessible technology.
🎯 Requirements
- • Systems thinking with end-to-end design mindset and belief in simplicity as a valuable principle.
- • Ability to work quickly, generate ideas, and decide what can ship now versus what needs more time.
- • Strong focus and self-direction in a high-growth, remote startup environment, knowing when to engage or work heads down.
- • Collaboration skills to effectively work with designers, marketers, and product managers.
- • Preferred experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience acceptable) and prior exposure to GCP.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
- • Entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
- • Hands-off management approach enabling focus and high-quality work.
- • Competitive salaries and a friendly, laid-back atmosphere.
- • Commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
- • Opportunity to work on a product that impacts people with learning differences such as dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and more.
- • Work in one of the fastest-growing tech sectors: the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
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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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