Remote Backend Platform Engineer for Scalable TTS APIs

Speechify; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Autonomy and async work culture

Impactful product that helps people

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust APIs that power our text-to-speech platform. You will shape payments, subscriptions, authentication, and analytics services while ensuring scalable, reliable performance in a distributed, async-friendly environment.

You'll collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver high-impact features for millions of readers and learners.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience using TS/Node.
• Experience with cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to design scalable, high-availability backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API and internal APIs for Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking.
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, optimizing for performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate on B2B solutions for enterprise clients and integrate with product roadmaps.
• Work with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with user experience and product strategy.

Skills

TS/Node

Backend development

High availability design

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust APIs that power our text-to-speech platform. You will shape payments, subscriptions, authentication, and analytics services while ensuring scalable, reliable performance in a distributed, async-friendly environment.

You'll collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver high-impact features for millions of readers and learners.