Platform Backend Engineer — Scale TTS APIs & AI Audio

Speechify; Reading; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer for the Platform in Reading, United Kingdom to design, build, and maintain robust backend APIs for payments, analytics, subscriptions, and TTS, while ensuring scalability and reliability.

The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving architectural decisions, and delivering high-quality services in a fast-paced, fully distributed environment that values autonomy and impact.

Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform and other cloud providers.
• Strong ability to design and implement scalable backend APIs.
• Experience building robust, high-availability services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs (public and internal).
• Oversee backend API landscape for performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate on B2B solutions for enterprise clients.
• Align backend architecture with product strategy and user experience.

Skills

GCP

AWS

Azure

APIs

Backend design

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer for the Platform in Reading, United Kingdom to design, build, and maintain robust backend APIs for payments, analytics, subscriptions, and TTS, while ensuring scalability and reliability.

The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving architectural decisions, and delivering high-quality services in a fast-paced, fully distributed environment that values autonomy and impact.