Remote Backend Platform Engineer – APIs & Scale

Speechify; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Innovation

Asynchronous culture

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Job summary

Speechify is seeking a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust APIs and services in a fast-paced, fully distributed environment. You will work on payments, analytics, subscriptions, text-to-speech, and external APIs, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has proven TS/Node backend experience, cloud knowledge (GCP/AWS/Azure), and enjoys owning architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required).
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers.
• Efficient in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact.

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 platforms

Job description

Speechify is seeking a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust APIs and services in a fast-paced, fully distributed environment. You will work on payments, analytics, subscriptions, text-to-speech, and external APIs, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has proven TS/Node backend experience, cloud knowledge (GCP/AWS/Azure), and enjoys owning architectural decisions.