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.

We are looking for a Full-Stack Developer (Node.js + React) to join our team and work on a long-term project for an international client. This is an outstaffing engagement, meaning you will be fully integrated into the client’s team and collaborate closely with their engineers, product managers, and stakeholders.

Project

You will join an existing product with an established codebase and an active development roadmap. The project focuses on building and maintaining scalable back-end services and complex front-end applications. You will work with modern JavaScript and TypeScript technologies while also maintaining and extending parts of a legacy system. The role requires a high level of autonomy, ownership, and the ability to work effectively in a distributed team.

Requirements

           Back-end (Node.js, with PHP/Laravel exposure)

• Deep, hands-on experience with Node.js in production environments
• Strong knowledge of TypeScript and modern JavaScript
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs
• Understanding of backend architecture patterns (layered architecture, modular design, separation of concerns)
• Solid understanding of asynchronous programming, the event loop, and performance considerations in Node.js
• Experience working with SQL databases, including query optimization, transactions, and migrations
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms (JWT, OAuth, role-based access)
• Experience with error handling, logging, and monitoring in back-end services
• Ability to write maintainable and testable code (unit and integration tests)
• Practical experience working with PHP and Laravel in production environments
• Ability to maintain and extend existing Laravel-based services
• Comfort working with and debugging legacy PHP/Laravel codebases
  
  Front-end (React.js)
  
  
• Strong experience building complex applications with React
• Confident use of modern React patterns (hooks, context, controlled components)
• Experience with state management solutions (Redux, React Query, or similar)
• Ability to design and implement scalable component architectures
• Strong understanding of front-end performance optimization (memoization, rendering control, code splitting)
• Experience working with forms, validation, and complex UI state
• Knowledge of accessibility (a11y) and cross-browser compatibility
• Experience integrating front-end applications with APIs and handling asynchronous data flows
• Ability to maintain consistent UI/UX in large codebases

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain back-end services using Node.js and TypeScript
• Design, implement, and evolve RESTful APIs
• Maintain and extend existing PHP and Laravel services
• Build and maintain complex front-end applications using React
• Collaborate closely with the client’s team on feature development and technical decisions
• Ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, and best engineering practices
• Work with existing and legacy systems, improving stability and maintainability
• Take ownership of features end-to-end, from implementation to delivery
• Contribute to performance, reliability, and scalability improvements across the full stack