Job Overview
Location
San Antonio, TX, 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 recipient of 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, implement, and refine core functionality of the iOS app, including text-to-speech playback, document parsing, and accessibility features.
- • Participate in product discussions and roadmap planning, contributing technical insights to shape user-facing improvements and new features.
- • Maintain and enhance the existing complex iOS app architecture using modern Swift practices and SwiftUI framework.
- • Collaborate with designers, backend engineers, and AI researchers to deliver seamless, inclusive experiences for users with learning differences such as Dyslexia, ADD, Low Vision, Concussions, Autism, and Second Language Learners.
- • Optimize app performance through multithreaded programming, memory management, and efficient resource handling across diverse device configurations.
- • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Fastlane to automate testing, signing, and App Store deployments.
- • Apply SOLID principles to write clean, testable, and maintainable code across all iOS modules.
- • Utilize Git with established branching and merge strategies to manage code changes in a high-velocity, remote-first environment.
- • Balance speed and focus in a fast-paced startup setting—know when to iterate quickly and when to deeply refine features based on user feedback.
- • Engage with a global, distributed team of engineers from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and top PhD programs, contributing to a culture of technical excellence and asynchronous collaboration.
- • Deliver product experiences that directly impact users’ lives, with daily feedback from users describing the app as life-changing.
- • Work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio technology, advancing Speechify’s mission to remove reading barriers to learning.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proficiency in Swift programming language
- • Experience with SwiftUI for building iOS user interfaces
- • Proven experience with multithreaded programming in iOS applications
- • Hands-on experience with CI/CD infrastructure and Fastlane for app deployment
- • Demonstrated understanding of SOLID principles and clean architecture patterns
- • Experience with Git and modern Git workflows in team environments
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary range of $140,000–$200,000 USD/year plus bonus and stock
- • Opportunity to shape a fast-growing product used by over 50 million people worldwide
- • Work on a mission-driven product that empowers users with learning differences and improves accessibility globally
- • Collaborative, entrepreneurial culture that values risk-taking, intuition, and hustle
- • Fully remote, distributed team with no physical office
- • Impactful work in the AI and audio technology sector with direct user feedback
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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