Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Anaheim, USA

Position Overview

Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world's information—from articles and documents to books, all available at your fingertips. What streaming services have done for audio entertainment, Speechify does for audio information. As the #1 in our category and experiencing exponential growth, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. In this role, you will build and maintain the foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify's product experience across platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Speechify's Product Teams to scope projects, reduce scope for faster customer feedback, navigate integration/UX tradeoffs, and deliver solutions via our cross-platform SDK.
• Optimize existing functionality by designing more efficient abstractions and improving algorithms for faster loading and more intelligent parsing.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

Required Qualifications

• Systems thinking: Understand that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design and value simplicity.
• Speed: Work efficiently to generate ideas and decide which features can ship immediately.
• Focus: Thrive in a high-growth startup environment with a busy, remote team while knowing when to engage and when to be heads down.
• Collaboration: Inspire, play, and negotiate effectively with designers, marketers, and product managers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience is acceptable, but the focus is on Kotlin Multiplatform).
• Prior experience with GCP is a plus.

Benefits & Perks

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach to allow you focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• The chance to work on a life-changing product that millions use and to build products that support people with learning differences.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
• Compensation: Competitive salary range of 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience.