Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension

Speechify; Georgia; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a Tech Lead for its web core product and Chrome extension. This role involves shipping production code, collaborating with teams, and shaping the product roadmap. Ideal candidates will have experience building scalable products, a strong customer focus, and proficiency in Vanilla JS, ReactJS, and related technologies. The position offers a competitive salary range of $140,000-$200,000 plus bonuses and equity in a fully remote environment.

Benefits

Fast-growing environment

Entrepreneurial support for risk and intuition

Hands-off approach for focus

Competitive salary

Commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

Qualifications

• You've built and shipped products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users.
• You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality products that serve customer needs.
• You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide what can ship now and what needs time.
• You know how and when to engage or be heads down in a busy remote team.
• You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs.

Responsibilities

• Actively ship production code to the web products.
• Work closely with your dedicated product team.
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap.
• Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features.

Skills

Experience shipping scalable products

Customer obsession

Speed

Focus

Collaboration

Tools

Vanilla JS

ReactJS

Redux

Firebase

Typescript

Job description

Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount.

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

What You’ll Do

• Actively ship production code to the web products
• Work closely with your dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
• Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Experience. You've built and ship products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

What We Offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
• The United States base salary range for this full-time position is $140,000-$200,000 + bonus + equity depending on experience

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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.