Platform Backend Engineer (TS/Node) - Remote

Speechify; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic environment

Autonomy and ownership

Competitive compensation

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Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer, Platform in Bellevue, WA to own backend systems supporting payments, subscriptions, auth, and analytics across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and web. You’ll optimize latency, uptime, and scale for over 50 million users in a distributed environment.

You will collaborate with product, mobile, and web teams to keep backend architecture ahead of product direction and will contribute to high-availability deployments on Kubernetes, with Docker containers and

Qualifications

• Proven backend experience with TypeScript/Node.js.
• Cloud platform experience with GCP (required) and familiarity with AWS/Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own APIs behind payments, subscriptions, auth, and analytics.
• Improve services for speed, cost, and reliability.
• Ensure correctness with tests, logs, and monitoring; automate repetitive tasks.

Skills

TS/Node backend

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Automation/CI pipelines

Debugging and performance

Code reviews

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP tooling

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer, Platform in Bellevue, WA to own backend systems supporting payments, subscriptions, auth, and analytics across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and web. You’ll optimize latency, uptime, and scale for over 50 million users in a distributed environment.

You will collaborate with product, mobile, and web teams to keep backend architecture ahead of product direction and will contribute to high-availability deployments on Kubernetes, with Docker containers and