Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Penang, Malaysia

Speechify Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Penang, Malaysia

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.
• Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more.
• Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App.
• Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.
• Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office.
• These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.
• This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.
• We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast.
• Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount.
• Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.
• Actively ship production code to the web products
• Work closely with your dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
• Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives
• Experience. You’ve built and ship products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript
• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
• Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply.
• And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.
• Refer them!
• Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in building and shipping products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession and the desire to build high-quality products that serve customer needs
• Speed in generating ideas and deciding which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus in a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team
• Collaboration skills to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs

🏖️ Benefits

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

Skills & Technologies

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

iOS

Android

Senior

Remote

Degree Required

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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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