Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Vancouver, Canada

Clutch Canada; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a passionate individual to join their team. In this role, you will actively contribute to web products by shipping production code, participate in shaping the product roadmap, and work on innovative features that reach millions of users. Ideal candidates excel in fast-paced environments, have extensive experience with scalable products, and are familiar with Vanilla JS, ReactJS, and Typescript.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Fast-growing environment

Hands-off approach to work

Opportunity to impact the industry

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• You've built and shipped products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users.
• You are passionate about creating high quality products that serve customer needs.
• You work quickly to generate ideas and know what can ship now.

Responsibilities

• Actively ship production code to the web products.
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap.
• Work on new features that will impact millions of lives.

Skills

Experience building scalable products

Customer obsession

Speed in decision making

Focus in remote environments

Collaboration with teams

Tech stack knowledge: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

Job description

PLEASE APPLY THROUGH THIS LINK: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/speechify/jobs/5615712004

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The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount.

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

What You’ll Do

• Actively ship production code to the web products
• Work closely with your dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
• Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Experience. You’ve built and ship products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas 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: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

What 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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Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.