Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Manchester, United Kingdom

Speechify; Manchester; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company specializing in text-to-speech is seeking a candidate who enjoys fast-paced environments and is passionate about delivering great user experiences. You will work on production code and collaborate with your product team to shape the roadmap. Ideal candidates have experience building scalable products and possess strong collaboration skills. Competitive salary and a supportive remote work culture are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hands-off approach

Opportunity to impact a transforming industry

Qualifications

• Experience building and shipping products that scaled to thousands or millions of users.
• Passionate about building high-quality products that meet customer needs.
• Quick to generate ideas and decide priorities.

Responsibilities

• Actively ship production code to the web products.
• Work closely with your dedicated product team.
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap.

Skills

Customer obsession

Speed

Focus

Collaboration

Tools

Vanilla JS

ReactJS

Redux

Firebase

Typescript

Job description

Overview

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Speechify’s text-to-speech products help users turn PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Our products include iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Speechify has a 100% distributed workforce with no office and a global team of engineers, researchers, and other professionals.

This is a key role for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, and is passionate about delivering great user experiences that delight users. We are a flat organization where leaders can emerge through strong technical skills and consistent, fast results. Strong work ethic, clear communication, and a focus on winning are essential.

Responsibilities

• Actively ship production code to the web products
• Work closely with your dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
• Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of users

Ideal Candidate

• Experience: built and shipped products that scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession: passionate about building high-quality products that meet customer needs
• Speed: quick to generate ideas and decide what can ship now vs. what requires more time
• Focus: able to engage or work quietly as needed in a busy, remote startup
• Collaboration: able to inspire, collaborate with designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

What We Offer

• Fast-growing environment that helps shape culture
• Entrepreneurial team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• Hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• Opportunity to make an impact in a transforming industry
• Competitive salary and supportive, asynchronous culture

How to Apply

Tell us about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Please include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Equality and Inclusion

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.