Senior Software Engineer, Core - Rochester

Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Rochester, USA

Mission

Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world’s information. Articles on the web, documents in the cloud, books on your phone. We absorb it all and let you listen to it at your desk, on the go, at your own speed, and with tools that make learning easier, deeper, and faster.

What streaming services have done for audio entertainment, we’re doing for audio information. We’re #1 in our category and experiencing exponential growth.

Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. This team builds and maintains the foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across platforms. It’s a critical role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of product and infrastructure, thinks strategically, and is passionate about designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that directly enhance the user experience.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with Speechify’s Product Teams to scope projects, reduce scope to get faster feedback from customers, navigate the integration/UX tradeoffs relevant to different product teams, and deliver solutions via our cross-platform SDK.
• Optimize existing functionality to ship faster loading and more intelligent parsing by designing more efficient abstractions and improving our algorithms.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Systems thinking: you design end-to-end solutions and value simplicity.
• Speed: you generate ideas quickly and know how to decide what can ship now and what needs more time.
• Focus: you thrive in a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team.
• Collaboration:
  
  you can inspire, work with, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs.
• Preferred Tech Stack:
• Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience is OK but the role focuses on Kotlin Multiplatform)
• Prior experience with GCP is a plus

What We Offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• Opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions.
• Build products that directly support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech: the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

Salary

The United States Based salary range for this role is 140,000–200,000 USD per year + Bonus + Stock, depending on experience.

How to apply

Think you’re a good fit for this job? Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and Linked In.

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Diversity and Inclusion

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.

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