
Job Overview
Location
Sydney, Australia
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
April 21, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • As a Tech Lead for Web Core Product & Chrome Extension at Speechify, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that reading is never a barrier to learning for over 50 million users worldwide. You will lead technical execution on Speechify’s web and Chrome extension products, directly contributing to tools that help users read faster, retain more, and access information seamlessly across PDFs, books, websites, and more.
- • Day to day, you will actively ship production code to Speechify’s web products, collaborate closely with your dedicated product team to align engineering efforts with user needs, participate in product discussions to influence the roadmap, and have the opportunity to work on new, impactful features that delight users and scale to millions.
- • Speechify is a 100% distributed company with nearly 200 global team members from top-tier organizations including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Stanford, Stripe, Vercel, and Bolt. The company operates with a flat structure where leadership emerges through technical excellence, consistent delivery, and strong communication — valuing work ethic, speed, and a relentless focus on winning.
- • In this role, you will deepen your expertise in modern web technologies, sharpen your product intuition through cross-functional collaboration, and grow as a technical leader by driving high-impact initiatives in a fast-paced, innovative environment that values autonomy and results.
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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