Software Engineer, Platform - Waterloo, Canada

Speechify; Waterloo; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing technology company in Waterloo is seeking a Software Engineer for the Platform team. This role involves building and maintaining large scale systems, actively participating in product decisions, and collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates will have experience with NodeJS, ReactJS, and a mind for systems thinking. Enjoy a competitive salary and the opportunity to shape the culture of a transformative industry.

Benefits

Fast-growing environment

Entrepreneurial team

Hands-off approach

Impact opportunities

Competitive salary

Collegiate atmosphere

Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining large scale products on both backend and frontend.
• Ability to think strategically about end-to-end systems.
• Strong speed in generating ideas and deciding priorities.
• Focus in a busy startup environment.
• Collaboration skills with designers, marketers, and PMs.

Responsibilities

• Build and own complex end-to-end systems.
• Participate in product decisions and refine the product roadmap.
• Provide universal architecture across products.

Skills

NodeJS

ReactJS

TypeScript

Java

Go

Python

Job description

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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 the world's content and help our members listen to it on the go, at their own speed, with tools that make learning easier, deeper, and faster.

Or, put another way: what Spotify has done for audio entertainment we're doing for audio information. And whatever we're doing seems to be working: we're #1 in our category, profitable, and have hockey-stick growth.

With that growth comes the need for a Software Engineer, Platform to join our newly formed Platform team and help us scale our infrastructure, optimize the performance of key product flows and build end-to-end systems.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys high-pace environments, passionate about owning product decisions and has experience building and scaling complex engineering systems.

Some of the things you'll do:

• Build, own and report on the performance of complex end-to-end systems
• Actively participate in product decisions and refining the product roadmap
• Work with the Platform team to provide universal architecture and experience across our products
  
  

To succeed here, you'll need:

• Experience. You've played a crucial role in building and maintaining of large scale products and have worked both backend and frontend
• Systems thinking. You know how to think high level about end-to-end systems involving multiple products, 3rd party services etc
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and options and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus. We're a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: (must) NodeJS, ReactJS, TypeScript, (good to have) Java, Go, Python
  
  

We offer:

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
  
  

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