Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Helsinki, Finland

Speechify; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 80 000 - 100 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Tech Lead for their Web Core Product and Chrome Extension in Helsinki, Finland. The ideal candidate will have a passion for building user-centric products, experience in scaling projects, and strong technical skills. The role offers an entrepreneurial culture and a competitive salary in a fully remote setting.

Benefits

Fast-growing environment

Supportive entrepreneurial crew

Opportunity to impact a transformative industry

Competitive salary

Collegiate atmosphere

Commitment to an asynchronous culture

Qualifications

• Built and shipped products that scaled to thousands or millions of users.
• Passionate about building high-quality products that serve customer needs.
• Able to generate ideas quickly and decide what can ship now.
• Thrives in a high-growth startup environment.
• Able to inspire and negotiate with designers, marketers, and PMs.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Experience in building and shipping scalable products

Customer obsession

Ability to generate ideas quickly

Focus in high-growth startup environment

Collaboration with designers and PMs

Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

Job description

Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Helsinki, Finland

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.

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: Built and shipped products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession: Passionate about building high-quality products that serve customer needs
• Speed: Able to generate ideas quickly and decide what can ship now and what needs time
• Focus: Thrives in a high-growth startup environment and knows how to engage or get heads down
• Collaboration: Able 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

Think you’re a good fit for this role?

Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

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.