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

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

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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.

Experience Range

Overall experience: 5+ years

Job Location - Ahmedabad 

Who you’ll be working with

We build the solutions dreamed up by the product and design teams. Our goal is to deliver working software every two weeks. We are a large team that spans across three global offices, but we collaborate and integrate front- and back-end components and interfaces to provide a user-centered experience through web and mobile platforms.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable web applications using Next.js / React.js on the frontend and Node.js (NestJS / ExpressJS) or Python (FastAPI, Flask, or Django) on the backend.
• Build customer-facing UIs and backend services to support diverse business processes.
• Develop testable, reusable, and efficient code, ensuring code quality and maintainability.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs or GraphQL APIs for seamless integration between frontend and backend services.
• Implement security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions to ensure application reliability and compliance.
• Convert Figma designs into responsive, pixel-perfect UIs using Tailwind CSS and modern component libraries.
• Conduct diagnostic testing, troubleshoot issues, and provide technical support when needed.
• Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions, and mentor junior developers.
• Continuously improve processes, performance, and technology choices across the stack.
• Be available occasionally to handle urgent production issues outside normal business hours.

What you’ll need to be successful (Requirements)

Must have Skills:

• Strong experience with React.js and Next.js on the frontend.
• Proven backend experience using Node.js (NestJS / ExpressJS) and/or Python (FastAPI, Flask, or Django).
• Solid experience in designing and building RESTful APIs or GraphQL APIs.
• Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript (ES6+).
• Working experience with RDBMS databases such as PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
• Hands-on experience with ORM frameworks — Prisma ORM, TypeORM, or Sequelize ORM.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests using Jest, Mocha, or Chai (frontend and backend).
• Strong ability to translate Figma designs into responsive frontends using HTML5, CSS3, and Tailwind CSS.
• Solid understanding of API performance, data modeling, and application optimization.
• Experience working with Git-based workflows (branching, merging, pull requests, code reviews) for effective team collaboration and version control.

Should have Skills:

• Experience with secure authentication, authorization, and data protection implementations.
• Familiarity with DevOps concepts such as CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills.
• Experience with frontend state management tools (React Query, Redux, Zustand, etc.).
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Effective collaboration and communication skills across teams.
• Ability to recommend and implement technical and process improvements proactively.

Nice to have Skills:

• Experience mentoring or managing junior developers.
• Exposure to the AngularJS framework.
• Experience working with serverless, microservices, or monorepo architectures.
• Experience building Agentic applications.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC), monitoring, and alerting tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch).

Need another reason to hit the “apply” button?

• Codal is a global agency with over 250 employees, and offices in the US, UK, Canada and India 
• We are a BigCommerce Partner and have won the Partner of the year award twice (most recently this past year).
• We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work.
• Company sponsored lunch every Wednesday.
• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical coverage for employees and their dependents
• Maternity/Paternity Leave: Additional time off and support for new parents
• Professional Development: Opportunities for training, workshops, conferences to enhance employees' skills and knowledge
• Accidental Insurance