Senior Software Engineer, Core United Kingdom

Overview

Senior Software Engineer – Core Experiences Team

Responsible for building and maintaining foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across platforms.

• Collaborate with product teams to scope projects, identify trade‑offs, and deliver solutions via cross‑platform SDK.
• Optimize existing functionality to improve performance such as faster loading and intelligent parsing.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and scheduled jobs using Kotlin.

• Systems thinking and a focus on end‑to‑end design and simplicity.
• Speed in generating ideas and making decisions on what can ship now versus needs time.
• Collaboration skills to work with designers, marketers, and PMs.
• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform and familiarity with Java.
• Prior experience with GCP is a plus.

• Fast‑growing environment with influence on company and product.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, risk‑inclined culture.
• Hands‑off management allowing focus on best work.
• Opportunity to make a big impact in audio‑AI industry.
• Competitive salaries and laid‑back culture, asynchronous communication.
• Work on a product used by millions.
• Build products supporting learning differences (dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussion, autism, etc.).

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.