Software Engineer, Platform - Cardiff, United Kingdom

United States Digital Space LLC; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Asynchronous work culture

Competitive compensation

Remote-first team

Impactful product

Global teammates

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design, build, and maintain robust APIs and services in a fast-paced, fully remote environment.

You will own the backend API landscape, ensure scalability, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align architecture with product strategy and user experience. TS/Node expertise is essential, with GCP proficiency and containerized deployments.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience using TS/Node.
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS or Azure.
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public and internal services.
• Oversee backend API landscape, optimizing for performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate on enterprise solutions and align architecture with product goals.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure strong user experiences.

Skills

TS/Node

GCP

AWS/Azure knowledge

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

The mission of the company is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use the company's text-to-speech products to turn whatever they're reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. the company's text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named the company the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named the company its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on the company in a 100% distributed setting – the company has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount.

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

What You'll Do

• 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, enhancing and 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 overall product strategy and user experience

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
• Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
• The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain

the company is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

the company does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.