Software Engineer, Platform - Hyderabad, India

Role Overview

Speechify is on a mission to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning. Our Platform team is responsible for building and maintaining all backend services, including payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text-to-speech, and external APIs. This is a key role for a strategic thinker who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about making impactful product decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API and internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth, and Consumption Tracking.
• 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.

Requirements

• Proven experience in backend development using TS/Node.
• 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.

Skills

• Node.js
• TypeScript
• GCP
• Docker
• Kubernetes

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products.
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity.
• Competitive compensation and an exceptional asynchronous work culture.
• The opportunity to work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.