Software Engineer (Platform)
Company: Speechify
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Salary: $140k - $200k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-05-13
About this role
- The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs
- This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is 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
- 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- Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
- Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
- Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
- Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
- Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes- Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week