Speechify is a company dedicated to making reading accessible for everyone, with over 50 million users benefiting from their innovative text-to-speech products. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to ensure their infrastructure scales efficiently, optimize product flows, and construct resilient systems.
Responsibilities
• State of the art voice cloning
• Low latency and cost effective text to speech
Skills
• Proven experience in backend development: Python
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers.
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes.
• Experience deploying NLP or TTS models to production.
Benefits
• Competitive compensation
• Bonus
• Equity
• A welcoming atmosphere
• Commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
Company Overview
• Speechify is a mobile and desktop app that allows people with dyslexia and low vision to read out using text to speech voice. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Miami, Florida, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://speechify.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• Speechify has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
