Software Engineer, Platform - London, United Kingdom

Speechify; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing tech company in London seeks a Software Engineer, Platform to enhance its infrastructure and optimize key products. This role requires experience in both backend and frontend development, systems thinking, and collaboration. Candidates should be comfortable in a high-growth environment and skilled in NodeJS, ReactJS, and TypeScript. The company offers a competitive salary and a supportive culture.

Benefits

Fast-growing environment

Entrepreneurial culture

Competitive salary

Focus on asynchronous culture

Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining large-scale products.
• Crucial role in backend and frontend development.
• Ability to operate in a high-growth remote team environment.

Responsibilities

• Build, own and report on the performance of complex end-to-end systems.
• Participate in product decisions and refine the product roadmap.
• Work with the Platform team to provide universal architecture.

Skills

Backend development experience

Frontend development experience

Systems thinking

Speed in generating ideas

Collaboration skills

NodeJS

ReactJS

TypeScript

Java

Go

Python

Job description

Software Engineer, Platform - London, United Kingdom

Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world’s information. Articles on the web, documents in the cloud, books on your phone—we absorb the world’s content and help our members listen to it on the go, at their own speed, with tools that make learning easier, deeper, and faster.

Or, put another way: what Spotify has done for audio entertainment we’re doing for audio information. And whatever we’re doing seems to be working: we’re #1 in our category, profitable, and have hockey-stick growth.

With that growth comes the need for a Software Engineer, Platform to join our newly formed Platform team and help us scale our infrastructure, optimize the performance of key product flows and build end-to-end systems.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys high-pace environments, is passionate about owning product decisions and has experience building and scaling complex engineering systems.

Responsibilities

• Build, own and report on the performance of complex end-to-end systems
• Actively participate in product decisions and refining the product roadmap
• Work with the Platform team to provide universal architecture and experience across our products

Qualifications

• Experience: You\'ve played a crucial role in building and maintaining large-scale products and have worked both backend and frontend
• Systems thinking: You think high-level about end-to-end systems involving multiple products, 3rd party services, etc.
• Speed: You work quickly to generate ideas and options and know how to decide what can ship now and what needs more time
• Focus: You’re able to operate in a high-growth, busy, remote team environment
• Collaboration: You can inspire, collaborate with designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: NodeJS, ReactJS, TypeScript (must); Java, Go, Python (nice to have)

We offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

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