Job Overview
Location
Rome, Italy
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
April 21, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Tech Lead for Web Core Product & Chrome Extension at Speechify, driving the development of text-to-speech tools used by over 50 million people to transform reading into audio for better learning and retention.
- • Actively ship production code to web products, collaborate with product teams, participate in roadmap discussions, and build new features that impact millions of users globally.
- • Join a 100% distributed, high-growth team of nearly 200 engineers, AI scientists, and product builders from top companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and startups such as Stripe and Vercel, all united by a mission to eliminate reading barriers.
- • Grow as a technical leader in a flat organization where impact and results define leadership, sharpening skills in product decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, and scalable frontend development.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proven experience building and shipping products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
- • Strong proficiency in the tech stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, and Typescript
- • Customer-obsessed mindset with a passion for building high-quality products that serve real user needs
- • Ability to work quickly, prioritize effectively, and balance speed with quality in a fast-paced startup environment
- • Excellent collaboration skills to work effectively with designers, marketers, and product managers in a remote, opinionated team
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to help shape the culture in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment
- • Hands-off management approach that empowers autonomy and focus on doing your best work
- • Competitive salary and a collegiate atmosphere committed to building a great asynchronous work culture
- • Chance to make a meaningful impact in a transformative industry improving accessibility and learning for millions
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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