Platform Backend Engineer (Remote) - TS/Node + Cloud

Speechify; Detroit, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Competitive compensation

Asynchronous work culture

Impact on dyslexia

Job summary

Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer for the Platform team to own backend services powering payments, subscriptions, and analytics. You will design and optimize APIs that scale across web, mobile, and API clients in a distributed setup.

The role emphasizes building reliable, automated systems and operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fully asynchronous, remote-friendly environment. Compensation reflects senior backend work in a fast-growing AI/audio platform.

Qualifications

• Backend experience with TS/Node.
• Hands-on GCP experience required.
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS/Azure) beneficial.
• Experience deploying with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ability to automate and improve systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own backend APIs for payments, subscriptions, auth, and analytics.
• Improve existing services for speed, cost, and reliability.
• Ensure changes are validated with logs and data consistency.

Skills

TS/Node backend

GCP

AWS/Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer for the Platform team to own backend services powering payments, subscriptions, and analytics. You will design and optimize APIs that scale across web, mobile, and API clients in a distributed setup.

The role emphasizes building reliable, automated systems and operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fully asynchronous, remote-friendly environment. Compensation reflects senior backend work in a fast-growing AI/audio platform.