Platform Backend Engineer - Remote (TS/Node)

Speechify; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic environment

Autonomy to own projects

High-impact product

Job summary

Speechify in Nottingham is seeking a Software Engineer, Platform to join our backend team. The Platform team owns the backend behind everything Speechify ships: the public TTS API, payments, subscriptions, auth, consumption tracking, and analytics — serving over 50million users across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and web.

We value practical TS/Node experience, cloud know-how, and an ability to simplify complex systems.

Qualifications

• Proven backend experience in TS/Node (required).
• Direct experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable).
• Ability to design reliable APIs and thoughtful abstractions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own the APIs behind payments, subscriptions, auth, consumption tracking, and our public TTS API.
• Take on services you didn’t write and improve them for speed, cost, and resilience.
• Ensure changes are correct before shipping and maintain post-release checks.
• Automate repetitive tasks and enable the team to scale with less manual work.
• Design B2B and enterprise integrations for customers building on top of Speechify.

Skills

TS/Node backend

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

AI/automation mindset

Code review & testing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

GCP services

Job description

Speechify in Nottingham is seeking a Software Engineer, Platform to join our backend team. The Platform team owns the backend behind everything Speechify ships: the public TTS API, payments, subscriptions, auth, consumption tracking, and analytics — serving over 50million users across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and web.

We value practical TS/Node experience, cloud know-how, and an ability to simplify complex systems.