Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform (Kotlin)

Speechify; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Experiences Team. You will help design and maintain foundational services and SDKs powering Speechify across platforms, focusing on scalable APIs and efficient systems.

Ideal candidates should think in systems, move quickly, stay focused in a remote, high-growth environment, and collaborate closely with designers, marketers, and PMs to deliver high-impact solutions.

Qualifications

• Systems thinking and end-to-end design for clear, reliable APIs and simple systems.
• Speed: generate ideas quickly and decide what can ship now.
• Focus in a fast-growing, remote team; know when to engage or be heads down.
• Collaboration with designers, marketers and PMs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Teams to scope projects and deliver cross-platform SDK solutions.
• Optimize existing functionality for faster loading and smarter parsing.
• Ship cloud functions, backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

Skills

Kotlin Multiplatform

Java

GCP

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Experiences Team. You will help design and maintain foundational services and SDKs powering Speechify across platforms, focusing on scalable APIs and efficient systems.

Ideal candidates should think in systems, move quickly, stay focused in a remote, high-growth environment, and collaborate closely with designers, marketers, and PMs to deliver high-impact solutions.