Senior Software Engineer | Speechify | Remote (United States)

<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Mission</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world’s information.</strong> Articles on the web, documents in the cloud, books on your phone. We absorb it all and let you listen to it at your desk, on the go, at your own speed, and with tools that make learning easier, deeper, and faster.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">What streaming services have done for audio entertainment, we’re doing for audio information. And whatever we’re doing seems to be working. We’re #1 in our category, and experiencing exponential growth.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Overview</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">With that growth comes the need for a Javascript Engineer to join the existing Web team and continue supporting the growing user base as well as building new and exciting features.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys high-pace environments, passionate about owning product decisions and has experience building and scaling complex engineering systems.</p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Actively ship production code to the web products</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work closely with your dedicated product team</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">An Ideal Candidate Should Have</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience. You&#8217;ve built and ship products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What We Offer</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Think you’re a good fit for this job?</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Tell us more about yourself and why you&#8217;re interested in the role when you apply.<br />
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit?</strong></p>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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.</p>