Remote Backend Engineer (TS/Node) for Scalable APIs

Speechify; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Bonus

Remote-first / asynchronous culture

Job summary

Speechify, a fully distributed technology company, seeks a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust APIs powering payments, analytics, subscriptions, and text-to-speech services.

You will influence backend architecture, collaborate across teams, and help deliver high-availability systems in a fast-paced, async environment. This role offers significant impact and growth within a pioneering AI-audio product.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience with TypeScript/Node.js.
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers.
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact.
• Preferred: Docker and containerized deployments.
• Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
• Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience

Skills

TS/Node

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud knowledge

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Speechify, a fully distributed technology company, seeks a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust APIs powering payments, analytics, subscriptions, and text-to-speech services.

You will influence backend architecture, collaborate across teams, and help deliver high-availability systems in a fast-paced, async environment. This role offers significant impact and growth within a pioneering AI-audio product.