Senior Software Engineer (Core Experiences)

Join Speechify, a fast-growing startup in the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work on foundational services and SDKs that power our product experience across platforms. You will collaborate with product teams, optimize existing functionality, and ship cloud functions and lightweight backend services using Kotlin. This is an opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry and work on a life-changing product that supports people with learning differences.

• Collaborate with product teams to scope projects, reduce scope for faster feedback, and deliver solutions via cross-platform SDK.
• Optimize existing functionality, design more efficient abstractions, and improve algorithms to enhance user experience.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin, while working in a fast-growing environment.
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and options and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Systems thinking. You know that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design, and you believe simplicity is valuable
• Prior experience with GCP is a plus
• Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience is OK but role is Kotlin Multiplatform)
• Preferred Tech Stack: