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 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.  

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.

Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is 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

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
• Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
• 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
• Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
• The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain

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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.

 Ready to strengthen the technological backbone of the largest media organization in the Netherlands? At WPP Media, we are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer with a passion for building scalable, robust applications. We are looking for someone with the drive to elevate our platform to the next level, a platform that is essential to the success of our A-list clients. If you have the ambition to lay the technical foundation essential for our clients' growth and to build the basis for our AI-driven future, then you are the engineer we are looking for. 

What will you do as a Full Stack Software Engineer?
As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will ensure that our software services and applications on our cloud platforms (primarily AWS) are maintained and built. This involves working on both the front-end (React/TypeScript) and the back-end (Python), ensuring our systems are reliable, scalable, and maintainable. In close collaboration with data scientists, product owners, and other engineers, you will build and deploy various solutions, ensuring they are production ready. The development process is supported by our in-house development libraries and a streamlined CI/CD pipeline. A core part of your responsibility will be to translate complex business questions into concrete technical solutions to develop and maintain innovative products. 

Your key responsibilities: 

• Product Development: You will develop, validate, and maintain both the front-end (React, TypeScript) and the back-end (Python) of our applications. You will be able to independently analyze and resolve complex technical issues and proactively propose new solutions and improvements.
• Platform Professionalization: You will design and implement robust solutions for logging, monitoring, and alerting to guarantee the stability and performance of the platform.
• DevOps & CI/CD: You will build and manage automated deployment pipelines with tools like GitHub Workflows, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Cloud Infrastructure: You will work extensively with cloud platforms (primarily AWS) and manage services such as relational databases (RDS) and serverless functions (Lambda).
• Collaboration & Innovation: You will work closely with data scientists, product owners, and other engineers. You are capable of resolving issues independently and ensuring proper implementation in collaboration with your colleagues. 

Your profile: 

• You have a university-level (WO) work and thinking ability, with a degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• You have at least 3 years of work experience in a similar role as a Full Stack Software Engineer.
• Expertise in front-end development with React and TypeScript.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Extensive experience with relational databases (such as PostgreSQL via AWS RDS).
• Demonstrable experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• You have experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and version control in GitHub (e.g., Workflows).
• You are highly proficient in working with cloud platforms, with a strong preference for AWS. Experience with AWS Lambda is a nice-to-have.
• Analytical & Independent: You can quickly understand a problem, independently propose solutions, and communicate them clearly to your team. 

What do we offer? 

• Flexibility: The option to work from home, flexible working hours, and even the possibility to work abroad (within the EU) for a period of time.
• Growth opportunities: Plenty of room for development in an innovative and dynamic team, with a focus on AI transformation and working with a portfolio of A-brands.
• Access to M Academy: Extensive training and workshops in both hard and soft skills, including dedicated AI training.
• Mental Wellbeing: Access to the Headspace app.
• Travel allowance: Full reimbursement of travel expenses.
• Holidays: 8% holiday allowance and 26 vacation days per year (plus the option to purchase 9 extra days!).
• Hybrid Working allowance: €30 net per month for full-time employment.
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): A monthly phone allowance of €57.50 net.
• Lunch facilities: Affordable lunch options in the cafeteria and a barista for freshly made coffee.
• Health insurance: Benefit from our collective health insurance plan. 

Ready for the data challenge?
At WPP Media, part of the global WPP media collective and the largest media organization in the Netherlands, we are building the future of media in the AI era. We bring together the best platform, the most talented people, and the strongest partners to create groundbreaking solutions that help brands grow. Our core values? We are Extraordinary, Open, and Optimistic — always looking for new opportunities and ready to push boundaries. 

Do you see yourself working with data on groundbreaking marketing strategies for the largest brands in the Netherlands? Are you the Full Stack Software Engineer we are looking for to strengthen our team?