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.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 

Refer them! 

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.

About the Team:

Our company is dedicated to building tools and systems that empower our Customer Experience team to provide exceptional service. We believe in the power of technology to transform customer interactions and are looking for engineers who are passionate about making a meaningful impact. Join us and help shape the future of customer experience.

The role:

You will report to the Engineering Manager’s squad as a Full Stack Engineer. You will collaborate with 2 other engineers in your squad, focusing on developing and enhancing tools and systems that support our Customer Experience (CX) team and improve our customer interactions. You will work closely with Product Managers, Product Designers, and CX specialists to build and optimize solutions that directly impact customer satisfaction and engagement.

This is our current stack:

• Languages: Kotlin, Javascript, Typescript
• Frameworks: ReactJS, Redux, Apollo GraphQL, NestJS, NextJS
• Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Redis, DataDog, Segment
• Methodology: Agile
• Architecture: Service Oriented

Responsibilities:

• Owning the design and implementation of features within our Javascript stack that engage customers and have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.
• Iterating on new and existing features to improve user experience and performance.
• Actively contribute to the adoption of strong software architecture, development of best practices, and new technologies.
• Improving the maturity of our technical stack with engineering best practices.
• Being part of the code review process and helping to mentor other engineers.
• Contribute technically to projects by being a hands-on coder, removing roadblocks, and repairing technical issues.
• Partner with members of Product, Growth, Marketing, Customer Experience and other teams to continually refine and improve our product in an agile process.
• Helping to have higher levels of uptime & supporting the on-call rotation that will help the business run 24/7.

Qualifications:

• Experience: At least 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a focus on developing tools and systems for Customer Experience or similar fields.
• Backend Interaction: Strong understanding of interacting with and building backend REST APIs.
• Service-Oriented Architecture: Strong knowledge of service-oriented architectures.
• Proactive Improvement: Ability to proactively identify opportunities to improve systems and processes.
• Testing: Experience implementing and maintaining unit tests and end-to-end (e2e) tests.
• Team Environment: Enjoy working in small teams within a fast-paced startup environment.
• Leadership Potential: Excitement about the opportunity to grow into a leadership role as the company expands.
• Fluency with AI engineering tools.

Preferred requirements:

• Advanced knowledge of AI within CX environments
• Knowledge of mobile app development, such as React Native

Learn More About CookUnity

We believe great leadership starts with alignment on vision, values, and ways of working. To give you deeper insight into who we are and what we’re looking for, we invite you to explore: CookUnity's Leadership Principles – The values and behaviors that guide how we operate, collaborate, and scale.

We hope this provides valuable insight into our culture and product vision. If this excites you, we’d love to connect!

Benefits

💸 Get paid in USD.

🗺 Work remotely: design the life that you want

⛱ Enjoy 15 days of vacation each year from the start date

🎄 16 fully paid Argentinean holidays

🩺 Healthcare Benefit: Monthly stipend to use in your preferred healthcare provider

🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical

🐣 Paid Family leave

🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises

🧘🏽‍♀️ Customize the benefits that suit your needs! Access a range of perks tailored to you, including learning opportunities, wellness memberships, delivery apps, and more through our comprehensive benefit platform

🧑‍🏫 Personalized English coach

Driven by our enthusiasm for meeting new talents and fostering connections within the community and as part of our profile mapping program, we are now exploring diverse roles, including Full Stack Developer Senior. It’s important to note that, in this instance, the role does not involve immediate hiring but rather serves as a part of a pipeline for future recruitments.

We're looking for a Semi Senior React.js Developer to join our remote multicultural team and be part of the full development cycle of web and mobile apps: including understanding business needs, designing solutions for specific problems, and developing the product. They should be able to work independently with little support from other devs to develop high-quality software, which is aligned with client needs and company standards.

What are the main responsibilities of this role?

• Develop well-designed and high-quality code, with automated tests.
• Participate in the overall management of the project (planning and review calls, board and story-map maintenance, etc).
• Ensure the development of high-quality code across the company.
• Write meaningful code reviews.
• Collaborate with internal initiatives.
• Encourage project and company technical improvement.
• Assist team members and generate meaningful discussions during disagreements.
• Execute the right level of documentation for the project.

Which skills and experience do we envision for this role?

• +2 years of experience in the IT field.
• Experience in Typescript is appreciated.
• At least 2 years of experience developing web applications (React is preferred but we welcome other frameworks).
• At least 2 years of experience working with HTML and CSS.
• Having worked with CSS preprocessors (Sass, Less).
• Experienced working with RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of data and state management libraries (React Query, Redux Toolkit, Zustand or others).
• Experience with frontend testing libraries is appreciated (Testing Library, Cypress, Jest, etc).
• Experience with Server Side Rendering is appreciated.
• Experience working with agile methodologies and within an agile environment.
• Advanced English skills, both written and spoken.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery).
• Experience working with bundlers and compilers (e.g. vite, webpack, babel, parcel, gulp, grunt, etc).
• Software experience from degree studies.
• Experience with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Claude.

Join our team and enjoy:

• Access to Rootstrap University, Conferences/Certifications, and a Mentorship Program for your professional growth.
• Learning Bonus.
• Opportunities to organize cross-functional initiatives and receive 360 Feedback to improve your skills continuously.
• The flexibility to work remotely or from our offices in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and Medellín, with a flexible time schedule and Workation program.
• Gym benefits, psychological counseling, and weekly lunch reimbursements with special foods in the offices.
• An Onboarding kit and access to cutting-edge technologies and tools to make your work easier.
• Referrals program bonuses, After offices, Prizes, and special occasions gifts to celebrate your achievements.
• People Care referent to support your well-being and personal development.

We value your well-being and happiness. We grow together!

How we work:

• We offer a flexible and diverse work environment that fosters multicultural talent
• We value autonomy and creativity, We want people to bring ideas to the table and to think as leaders.
• We put our focus on real human connections
• We have a commitment to excellence

At Rootstrap, we help companies launch, grow, and scale their digital products and services. With over 290 global team members, we’ve built solutions for industry leaders like MasterClass, Universal, and Google, as well as for innovative startups and inspired pioneers. Our team takes pride in making an impact that goes beyond the code, earning regular recognition as a Fastest Growing Company and Best B2B Service Provider.

We embrace an AI-first mindset, continuously exploring how artificial intelligence can enhance the way we build products, solve problems, and deliver value. Across all stages of the development process, we encourage our teams to actively leverage AI to boost productivity and drive innovation.

With offices in Uruguay, Argentina, and Colombia, we offer the flexibility to work remotely. Discover more about life at Rootstrap at https://www.rootstrap.com/careers.

All of our candidate searches are covered under Uruguayan Law 19691 (the purpose of this law is to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities).

As part of our Security and Compliance process, all seniority levels and roles must follow the company’s information security policies and secure development practices, and promptly report any suspected security incidents or vulnerabilities.

Driven by our enthusiasm for meeting new talents and fostering connections within the community and as part of our profile mapping program, we are now exploring diverse roles, including Full Stack Developer Senior. It’s important to note that, in this instance, the role does not involve immediate hiring but rather serves as a part of a pipeline for future recruitments.

We're looking for a Senior React.js Developer to join our remote multicultural team and be part of the full development cycle of web and mobile apps: including understanding business needs, designing solutions for specific problems, and developing the product. They should be able to work independently with little support from other devs to develop high-quality software, which is aligned with client needs and company standards.

What are the main responsibilities of this role?

• Develop well-designed and high-quality code, with automated tests.
• Participate in the overall management of the project (planning and review calls, board and story-map maintenance, etc).
• Ensure the development of high-quality code across the company.
• Write meaningful code reviews.
• Collaborate with internal initiatives.
• Encourage project and company technical improvement.
• Assist team members and generate meaningful discussions during disagreements.
• Execute the right level of documentation for the project.

Which skills and experience do we envision for this role?

• +4 years of experience in the IT field.
• Experience in Typescript is appreciated.
• At least 2 years of experience developing web applications (React is preferred but we welcome other frameworks).
• At least 2 years of experience working with HTML and CSS.
• Having worked with CSS preprocessors (Sass, Less).
• Experienced working with RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of data and state management libraries (React Query, Redux Toolkit, Zustand or others).
• Experience with frontend testing libraries (Testing Library, Cypress, Jest, etc).
• Experience with Server Side Rendering is appreciated.
• Experience working with agile methodologies and within an agile environment.
• Advanced English skills, both written and spoken.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery).
• Experience working with bundlers and compilers (e.g. vite, webpack, babel, parcel, gulp, grunt, etc).
• Software experience from degree studies.
• Experience with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Claude.

Join our team and enjoy:

• Access to Rootstrap University, Conferences/Certifications, and a Mentorship Program for your professional growth.
• Learning Bonus.
• Opportunities to organize cross-functional initiatives and receive 360 Feedback to improve your skills continuously.
• The flexibility to work remotely or from our offices in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and Medellín, with a flexible time schedule and Workation program.
• Gym benefits, psychological counseling, and weekly lunch reimbursements with special foods in the offices.
• An Onboarding kit and access to cutting-edge technologies and tools to make your work easier.
• Referrals program bonuses, After offices, Prizes, and special occasions gifts to celebrate your achievements.
• People Care referent to support your well-being and personal development.

We value your well-being and happiness. We grow together!

How we work:

• We offer a flexible and diverse work environment that fosters multicultural talent
• We value autonomy and creativity, We want people to bring ideas to the table and to think as leaders.
• We put our focus on real human connections
• We have a commitment to excellence

At Rootstrap, we help companies launch, grow, and scale their digital products and services. With over 290 global team members, we’ve built solutions for industry leaders like MasterClass, Universal, and Google, as well as for innovative startups and inspired pioneers. Our team takes pride in making an impact that goes beyond the code, earning regular recognition as a Fastest Growing Company and Best B2B Service Provider.

We embrace an AI-first mindset, continuously exploring how artificial intelligence can enhance the way we build products, solve problems, and deliver value. Across all stages of the development process, we encourage our teams to actively leverage AI to boost productivity and drive innovation.

With offices in Uruguay, Argentina, and Colombia, we offer the flexibility to work remotely. Discover more about life at Rootstrap at https://www.rootstrap.com/careers.

All of our candidate searches are covered under Uruguayan Law 19691 (the purpose of this law is to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities).

As part of our Security and Compliance process, all seniority levels and roles must follow the company’s information security policies and secure development practices, and promptly report any suspected security incidents or vulnerabilities.