Speechify is looking to solve the problem of reading being a barrier to learning by building and maintaining robust backend services for its text-to-speech products.
Requirements
- Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
- Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
- Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
- Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
- Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
- Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
- Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience
Other
- Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount
- A degree from a leading PhD program like Stanford, or experience from high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies is a plus
- Ability to work in a 100% distributed setting with no office
- Commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
