Front End Developer jobs in United States

Speechify’s mission is to ensure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn content into audio, including PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites. Speechify’s products include its iOS app, Android app, Mac app, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google named Speechify Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify a 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.

Today, nearly 200 people work on Speechify in a distributed setting. We have frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, with backgrounds from Stanford, Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and more.

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs. This is a key role 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 where leadership is demonstrated through technical excellence and delivering results quickly. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and a results-driven mindset are paramount. Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

We are hiring for the Data side of Speechify’s AI team. This role covers all aspects of data collection to support model training operations. We build high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and low cost through close infrastructure, engineering, and research collaboration. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.

• Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline
• Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform
• Collaborate with Scientists to optimize cost, throughput, and quality, delivering richer data at greater scale and lower cost to power next-generation models
• Work with the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap for Speechify’s next-generation products

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development
• Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments
• Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts; professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)
• Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
• Opportunities to work on a life-changing product used by millions
• Build products that support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more
• Work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio

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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.

Speechify is an equal opportunity employer. This description does not capture all job requirements; mental and physical requirements may vary by role. Any information collected as part of the application process will be used in accordance with applicable law.