Job Overview
Location
Bellevue, WA, USA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
May 25, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Lead key engineering and product decisions for the Speechify iOS app, which is ranked #18 in the App Store Productivity category and honored with Apple’s 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity.
- • Actively ship production code for the iOS application, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and performant features that serve over 50 million users.
- • Work within a dedicated product team to design, build, and refine core functionality of the iOS app, including text-to-speech playback, document parsing, and accessibility features.
- • Participate in product discussions to shape the roadmap, collaborating with designers and product managers to prioritize features that enhance user experience and accessibility.
- • Maintain and enhance the existing complex app architecture using modern iOS development practices and scalable design patterns.
- • Apply SOLID principles to write clean, maintainable, and testable code, ensuring every class adheres to proper object-oriented design.
- • Implement multithreaded programming techniques to optimize performance, responsiveness, and resource management in a high-concurrency audio playback environment.
- • Integrate and manage CI/CD infrastructure using Fastlane to automate builds, testing, and App Store deployments with reliability and speed.
- • Utilize Swift and SwiftUI to build intuitive, responsive, and accessible user interfaces that serve users with learning differences such as Dyslexia, ADD, Low Vision, Concussions, Autism, and Second Language Learners.
- • Work with Git and established Git workflows to collaborate effectively in a fully remote, asynchronous team environment.
- • Drive product thinking by making thoughtful decisions on feature evolution, balancing speed with long-term maintainability and user impact.
- • Operate with customer obsession, using direct user feedback—including stories of emotional impact—to guide technical priorities and improvements.
- • Function in a fast-paced, high-growth startup culture where initiative, communication, and consistent delivery are paramount to success.
- • Contribute to a product recognized by Apple as App of the Day and by Google as Chrome Extension of the Year, serving a global user base across iOS, Android, Mac, Web, and Chrome.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proficiency in Swift programming language
- • Hands-on experience with SwiftUI
- • Experience with multithreaded programming on iOS
- • Experience with CI/CD infrastructure and Fastlane
- • Demonstrated ability to apply SOLID principles in production code
- • Experience with Git and understanding of Git workflows
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary range of $140,000–$200,000 USD/year + bonus + stock
- • Opportunity to shape a fast-growing company and product with global impact
- • Work on a product that transforms lives, helping users with learning differences access reading
- • Supportive, entrepreneurial culture that values risk-taking, intuition, and hustle
- • Fully remote, asynchronous work environment with a global team
- • Be part of a product recognized by Apple and Google for innovation and inclusivity
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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