Platform Backend Engineer: Scale APIs & AI Audio

Speechify; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic work environment

Innovation-driven culture

Autonomy and ownership

Impactful work improving accessibility

Strong asynchronous collaboration

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and APIs at scale. The role focuses on building public and internal APIs, ensuring performance and maintainability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support enterprise integrations and a fast-growing platform.

Ideal candidates will have strong TS/Node experience, hands-on cloud familiarity with GCP/AWS/Azure, and comfort deploying with Docker and Kubernetes, contributing to an

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience using TypeScript/Node.js.
• Experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS/Azure.
• Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Experience deploying with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public and internal endpoints.
• Oversee backend API landscape for performance and maintainability.
• Collaborate on B2B solutions for enterprise clients.
• Work with cross-functional teams to align backend with product strategy.

Skills

TS/Node

Backend architecture

Cloud platforms

REST APIs

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify is seeking a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and APIs at scale. The role focuses on building public and internal APIs, ensuring performance and maintainability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support enterprise integrations and a fast-growing platform.

Ideal candidates will have strong TS/Node experience, hands-on cloud familiarity with GCP/AWS/Azure, and comfort deploying with Docker and Kubernetes, contributing to an