Platform Backend Engineer — TS/Node, Cloud & Payments

Speechify; Oslo; Hybrid; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Autonomy and ownership

Asynchronous work culture

Impactful, user-centered product

Learning and growth opportunities

Diversity and inclusive workplace

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer for the Platform team in Oslo’s distributed setup. You will own backend systems that power payments, subscriptions, auth, and usage analytics across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and Web apps.

You will design scalable cloud-native services, collaborate with product and mobile teams, and drive improvements in latency, reliability, and cost. Remote work is supported globally, with a focus on robust, automated delivery and HA architectures.

Qualifications

• Proven backend experience in TS/Node is required.
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP) and at least one other (AWS/Azure).
• Ability to design scalable cloud-native backend services and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own the APIs behind payments, subscriptions, auth, and consumption tracking.
• Improve existing services to be faster, cheaper, and more reliable.
• Verify correctness of changes with automated checks and observability.
• Automate repetitive parts of the role to focus on higher-value work.
• Refactor and modularize code to enable reuse across the team.
• Design B2B and enterprise integrations for customers building on Speechify.

Skills

TS/Node backend

GCP

AWS/Azure

Cloud architecture

AI-assisted automation

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer for the Platform team in Oslo’s distributed setup. You will own backend systems that power payments, subscriptions, auth, and usage analytics across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and Web apps.

You will design scalable cloud-native services, collaborate with product and mobile teams, and drive improvements in latency, reliability, and cost. Remote work is supported globally, with a focus on robust, automated delivery and HA architectures.