Software Engineer, iOS Core Product - Baltimore, USA

Speechify; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Senior iOS Engineer in Baltimore. This role focuses on leading product decisions, shipping production code, and enhancing app architecture. The ideal candidate has experience with Swift and is suited for a high-growth, remote startup. Offers a competitive salary range of $140,000–$200,000/year plus bonuses and stock options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Collaborative atmosphere

Support for diverse learning needs

Opportunities for growth in a transformative industry

Qualifications

• Experience with products scaled to large user bases.
• Track record of taking products from inception to traction and owning the engineering product.
• Customer obsession and a focus on delivering the best possible experience.
• Product thinking and ability to support internal teams and designers.
• Speed and judgment to ship now or plan for later.
• Focus suited to a high-growth, remote startup.
• Technical skills: Swift, SwiftUI.

Responsibilities

• Lead key engineering and product decisions.
• Actively ship production code for the Speechify iOS app.
• Work within a dedicated product team.
• Participate in product discussions to shape the roadmap.
• Maintain and enhance the existing complex app architecture.

Job description

Overview

Software Engineer, iOS Core Product - Baltimore, USA

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Speechify’s text-to-speech products turn PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio to help people read faster, read more, and remember more. Our iOS app is part of a family of products including Android, Mac, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Speechify has been recognized for its design and accessibility by Apple and others.

We are a 100% distributed company with no office, comprising frontend and backend engineers, AI researchers, and professionals from leading tech companies.

We are seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to support our growing user base and work on new projects to push our product forward. This is a key role for someone who thinks strategically, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and enjoys delivering great user experiences. We value leadership, strong technical skills, and the ability to ship results quickly.

Our interview process includes several technical interviews with a target completion time of about one week.

What You’ll Do

• Lead key engineering and product decisions
• Actively ship production code for the Speechify iOS app
• Work within a dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the roadmap
• Maintain and enhance the existing complex app architecture

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Experience with products scaled to large user bases
• Track record of taking products from inception to traction and owning the engineering product
• Customer obsession and a focus on delivering the best possible experience
• Product thinking and ability to support internal teams and designers
• Speed and judgment to ship now or plan for later
• Focus suited to a high-growth, remote startup
• Technical skills: Swift, SwiftUI

Technical Requirements

• Swift Programming Language
• SwiftUI experience
• Multithreading programming
• Working with CI/CD infrastructure
• Experience with Fastlane
• SOLID principles and clean code
• Git proficiency and understanding of Git workflows

What We Offer

• Fast-growing environment with opportunities to shape the company and product
• Supportive, entrepreneurial team culture
• Opportunity to impact a transformative industry
• Competitive salary, collaborative atmosphere, asynchronous culture
• Product used by millions with meaningful user feedback
• Support for diverse learning needs and professionals worldwide
• Rapidly growing sector at the intersection of AI and audio

Salary: United States Based - 140,000–200,000 USD/year + Bonus + Stock, depending on experience

How to Apply

Think you’re a good fit? Tell us about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Equal Opportunity: Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.