About the job
About Speechify
Speechify helps people absorb information in new ways. The platform turns articles, documents, and books into audio, making learning more accessible and efficient, at a desk or on the move. Speechify leads the audio information space, with rapid growth and recognition as a top choice in its category.
Role Overview: Senior Software Engineer - Core Experiences
The Core Experiences Team builds and maintains the services and SDKs that power Speechify’s cross-platform user experience. This senior engineering role focuses on both product development and infrastructure. The team values clear, reliable APIs and a balance between thoughtful design and practical delivery.
What You Will Do
- Work closely with Product Teams to define project scopes, improve feedback cycles, and solve integration and UX challenges across products.
- Improve existing features by designing efficient abstractions and refining algorithms to boost loading speed and parsing performance.
- Build and deploy cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.
What We Look For
- A systems-thinking approach: designs that optimize the whole system while keeping solutions simple.
- Ability to quickly generate ideas, distinguishing which projects are ready to start and which need more refinement.
- Focus and adaptability in a startup setting, knowing when to work independently and when to collaborate.
- Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to inspire and negotiate with designers, marketers, and project managers.
Location
Porto, Portugal
