Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform & APIs

speechify; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Friendly, laid-back atmosphere

Asynchronous culture

Opportunity to shape product

Work on life-changing product

Job summary

Speechify in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. This role focuses on building foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product across platforms and APIs.

You will collaborate with product teams to scope projects, optimize performance, and ship cloud functions and backend services using Kotlin. Ideal candidates value end-to-end design, fast delivery, and teamwork with designers, marketers, and PMs.

Qualifications

• Must think in terms of end-to-end system design and value simplicity.
• Able to move quickly to generate options and decide what can ship now.
• Comfortable working in a fast-growing startup with remote teammates.
• Able to collaborate with designers, marketers and PMs to align on solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product teams to scope projects and deliver cross-platform SDKs.
• Optimize functionality for faster loading and better parsing through efficient abstractions.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

Skills

Systems thinking

Speed

Focus

Collaboration

Tools

Kotlin Multiplatform

GCP

Job description

Speechify in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. This role focuses on building foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product across platforms and APIs.

You will collaborate with product teams to scope projects, optimize performance, and ship cloud functions and backend services using Kotlin. Ideal candidates value end-to-end design, fast delivery, and teamwork with designers, marketers, and PMs.