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

Speechify; Sheffield; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is looking for a Tech Lead for their Web Core Product and Chrome Extension. This role involves shipping production code and collaborating within a dedicated product team in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have experience in scaling products and demonstrate strong collaboration skills. This position offers a competitive salary and a hands-off environment for optimal productivity.

Benefits

Fast-growing environment

Supportive entrepreneurial culture

Competitive salary

Commitment to asynchronous culture

Qualifications

• Experience building and launching products for thousands or millions of users.
• Passionate about creating high-quality products that meet customer needs.
• Ability to work under the fast-paced environment of a high-growth startup.

Responsibilities

• Ship production code to web products.
• Collaborate with product team on product roadmap.
• Develop new features impacting millions of users.

Skills

Experience shipping scalable products

Customer obsession

Speed in decision making

Focus in remote environments

Collaboration skills

Proficiency in Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

Job description

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

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

Over 50 million people use Speechify’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. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify 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.

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

• 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 lives

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Experience. You\'ve built and shipped products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, work with, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

What 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

How to Apply

Think you’re a good fit for this job? Tell us more about yourself and why you\'re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Speechify 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.