Platform Backend Engineer — Remote (TS/Node)

Speechify; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Asynchronous work culture

Stock options

Distributed team

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust APIs and services powering our text-to-speech platform. You will oversee the full backend API landscape, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and help scale payments, analytics, subscriptions, and external integrations.

The ideal candidate has proven TS/Node experience, cloud familiarity (GCP, AWS/Azure), and comfortable deploying via Docker and Kubernetes in a fast-paced, async-first environment.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience with TS/Node.
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Ability to design scalable backend architectures and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend APIs (public and internal).
• Oversee full backend API landscape for performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate on B2B solutions for enterprise clients and integrate with product strategy.

Skills

TS/Node

GCP

AWS/Azure

Cloud architecture

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is seeking a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust APIs and services powering our text-to-speech platform. You will oversee the full backend API landscape, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and help scale payments, analytics, subscriptions, and external integrations.

The ideal candidate has proven TS/Node experience, cloud familiarity (GCP, AWS/Azure), and comfortable deploying via Docker and Kubernetes in a fast-paced, async-first environment.