Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Fayetteville, USA

Speechify; Fayetteville (AR); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Core Experiences Team. You will design reliable APIs, optimize functionality, and deliver solutions across platforms using Kotlin. This role offers a competitive salary between $140,000 and $200,000, along with bonuses and stock options. Join us to make a significant impact in an innovative and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Friendly and laid-back atmosphere

Opportunity to make a big impact

Hands-off management approach

Qualifications

• Understanding that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design and value simplicity.
• Generating ideas quickly and deciding what can ship now versus what requires more time.
• Can balance collaboration with heads-down work in a busy, remote startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Teams to scope projects and deliver solutions.
• Optimize existing functionality for faster loading and smarter parsing.
• Ship cloud functions and lightweight backend services using Kotlin.

Skills

Systems thinking

Speed

Focus

Collaboration

Tools

Kotlin

GCP

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Fayetteville, USA

Location: Fayetteville, USA

Overview

We\'re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. This team builds and maintains the foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across platforms. It\'s a critical role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of product and infrastructure, thinks strategically, and is passionate about designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that directly enhance the user experience.

What You\'ll Do

• Collaborate with Speechify’s Product Teams to scope projects, reduce scope to gain faster customer feedback, navigate integration/UX tradeoffs across product teams, and deliver solutions via our cross-platform SDK.
• Optimize existing functionality to ship faster loading and smarter parsing by designing more efficient abstractions and improving algorithms.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Systems thinking: you understand that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design and value simplicity.
• Speed: you generate ideas quickly and know how to decide what can ship now versus what requires more time.
• Focus: you can balance collaboration with heads-down work in a busy, remote startup environment.
• Collaboration: you can inspire, collaborate with, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs.
• Preferred Tech Stack:
  • Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience is OK but role is Kotlin Multiplatform)
  • Prior experience with GCP is a plus

What We Offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

Compensation

The United States Based Salary range for this role is: 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience

How to Apply

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