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

The United States Based Salary range for this role is: 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience

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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.

Overview:

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Sagent, you will play a key role in the development and enhancement of our software solutions. Leveraging your extensive experience and theoretical knowledge base, you will lead initiatives to design, develop, test, debug, and implement software that powers our computers and technologies. Additionally, you will be responsible for determining software application design requirements, ensuring the successful implementation of software improvements, and generating software engineering policies, standards, and procedures.

Your day-to-day at Sagent:

Software Development:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, secure, and high‐performance applications using Java, .NET Core, Node.js, SQL Server, and React Redux
• Build and deploy Microservices‐driven and Event‐Driven Architectures to improve system modularity, scalability, and responsiveness
• Develop and manage APIs and integrations, including RESTful services
• Leverage Azure and GCP for application hosting, cloud services, deployment, and scaling (including Function Apps and Blob Storage)
• Integrate MongoDB and other data stores to support both relational and NoSQL use cases
• Incorporate BPM tools and Rules Engines to implement workflow orchestration and business logic

Implementation and Monitoring:

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications to improve performance and reliability
• Implement unit and integration testing to ensure high code quality and system stability
• Ensure the successful implementation and monitoring of software application improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Policy and Procedure Generation:

• Generate software engineering policies, standards, and procedures to ensure consistency and quality across software development efforts.

Technical Leadership:

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, leveraging your technical expertise to support their professional development.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with product, architecture, DevOps, and other cross‐functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant discipline with 4 - 6 years of experience in a related field. Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of four years of experience in software engineering roles, with a focus on designing, developing, testing, debugging, and implementing software solutions.

Strong hands‐on expertise with:

• SQL Server
• Java
• .NET Core
• js
• React Redux
• Microservices architecture
• Practical experience with cloud platforms, specifically Azure and GCP
• Experience working with MongoDB, BPM tools, Rules Engines, Function Apps, and Blob Storage
• Solid understanding of modern software development methodologies, best practices, and design patterns
• Strong analytical, problem‐solving, and debugging skills
• Demonstrated expertise in software application design and development, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing software application improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and address complex technical challenges.
• Experience in generating software engineering policies, standards, and procedures is preferred.Familiarity with all aspects of software development, from detailed programming to high-level architecture design, is advantageous.

Additional Skills Preferred:

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization/orchestration technologies
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments
• Knowledge of distributed systems, event streaming, and scalability patterns

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Sr. Application Developer

Job Description 

• Discussions with Client to get the User / Business Requirements 
• Translate User / Business Requirements to Technical Requirements 
• Design and develop responsive web applications using React.js as the primary frontend framework.
• Maintain and migrate minimal legacy components built in Angular.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to implement pixel-perfect user interfaces using React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Write and optimize PL/SQL stored procedures, functions, packages, and triggers in Oracle.
• Support backend development with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices and REST APIs when necessary.
• Perform system integration with backend services and ensure efficient data exchange between layers.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and Agile ceremonies.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience with React.js (including Hooks, Redux, or Context API).
• Strong experience with Oracle PL/SQL: writing complex queries, procedures, and optimizing performance.
• Solid working knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.
• Familiarity with integrating React applications with RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Basic understanding of Angular (for light maintenance or migration).
• Proficiency with Git, code versioning, and Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.