Platform Backend Engineer – TS/Node, Remote

Speechify; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify is a fully distributed tech company working to make reading accessible for everyone. The Platform team builds and maintains all backend services, including payments, analytics, subscriptions, and text-to-speech APIs, ensuring scalable, high-quality user experiences.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, fast pace, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to shape product direction while delivering reliable APIs and services for millions of users.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience with TS/Node.
• Experience with GCP and other cloud providers.
• Strong architectural and API design skills.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes preferred.
• Excellent communication and fast iteration mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend APIs (public and internal).
• Drive performance improvements and maintainability across API landscape.
• Collaborate with enterprise integration teams for B2B needs.
• Align backend architecture with product strategy and user experience.

Skills

TS/Node

System design

Cloud architecture

Cross-team collaboration

API design

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Job description

Speechify is a fully distributed tech company working to make reading accessible for everyone. The Platform team builds and maintains all backend services, including payments, analytics, subscriptions, and text-to-speech APIs, ensuring scalable, high-quality user experiences.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, fast pace, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to shape product direction while delivering reliable APIs and services for millions of users.