Platform Engineer, Backend APIs (Remote & High Impact)

The Briefed; Karachi Division; Remote; PKR 30,513,000 - 47,157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Autonomy and async culture

Impactful Work with AI/Audio products

Dyslexia-friendly product focus

Global distributed team

Job summary

Speechify is hiring a backend engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable APIs across public and internal services. You will shape the API landscape, ensuring performance and reliability while collaborating with product and design teams.

The role emphasizes delivering high-quality backend systems in a fast-paced, async culture with opportunities to influence product direction and user experience.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience with TypeScript/Node.js (required).
• Direct experience with Google Cloud Platform; knowledge of AWS or Azure is a plus.
• Efficient ideation and execution, prioritizing impact and urgency.
• Preferred: Docker and containerized deployments.
• Preferred: Deploying highly available apps on Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS and internal services.
• Oversee backend API landscape for performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate on enterprise B2B solutions and integration needs.
• Align backend architecture with product strategy and user experience.

Skills

TS/Node

GCP

AWS/Azure

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is hiring a backend engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable APIs across public and internal services. You will shape the API landscape, ensuring performance and reliability while collaborating with product and design teams.

The role emphasizes delivering high-quality backend systems in a fast-paced, async culture with opportunities to influence product direction and user experience.