Platform Backend Engineer – Scale APIs & TTS

Speechify; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Autonomy and ownership

Asynchronous work culture

Impact in AI/audio domain

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Platform-focused Software Engineer in Manchester to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services covering payments, analytics, subscriptions, text-to-speech, and external APIs.

Join a flat, fast-moving team that values strategic thinking, strong engineering fundamentals, and delivering high-quality APIs with scalable architecture. Autonomy and impact are emphasized in this AI/audio domain.

Qualifications

• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS/Azure cloud providers.
• Experience deploying containerized apps with Docker.
• Proficiency deploying highly available backend services on Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, optimizing for performance and maintainability
• Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with product strategy and user experience

Skills

GCP experience

Cloud providers (AWS/Azure)

API design

Backend architecture

High availability

Docker

Kubernetes

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Platform-focused Software Engineer in Manchester to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services covering payments, analytics, subscriptions, text-to-speech, and external APIs.

Join a flat, fast-moving team that values strategic thinking, strong engineering fundamentals, and delivering high-quality APIs with scalable architecture. Autonomy and impact are emphasized in this AI/audio domain.