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 Job

As a key growth accelerator, A11 partners with Europe’s most ambitious startups and scaleups, corporates and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent ready to make an impact.

We’re looking for an exceptional Engineering Director (m/f/d) to join and lead the engineering department at one of our ecosystem companies.

As Director of Engineering, you’ll lead the technical organization through its next phase of growth, owning architecture, processes, engineering excellence, and delivery across multiple markets - while scaling the team from 30 to 60+ engineers.

Join the A11 Ecosystem – Our Ecosystem company is a fast-growing legal tech company building AI software that helps law firms research, analyse and draft legal work faster and more reliably, with verifiable sources at its core.

In this role, you’ll:

• Lead the engineering organization, balancing product velocity with platform stability and technical debt
• Own the technical strategy and roadmap in close alignment with the Co-Founder and CTO
• Scale the engineering organization, establishing team structures and processes while building a culture where people thrive
• Champion engineering excellence across code quality, testing, incident response, and deployment reliability
• Architect scalable systems to enable our next phase of growth and expansion across Italy, Germany, Spain, and beyond
• Partner closely with product and design to deliver features that drive customer value and retention

Your Profile: 

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering in high-growth startups, ideally in legal tech, fintech, or other highly regulated industries
• 5+ years of experience leading and scaling (3–5x) high-performing engineering teams, ideally from Series A/B to scale-up stage
• Outstanding technical expertise in backend (Python), cloud infrastructure, and data platforms, ideally combined with frontend experience (React)
• Strong hands-on experience with AI/ML systems, including LLM orchestration and RAG architectures
• Clear perspective on how to leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) in modern software development organizations
• Strong product mindset with a proven ability to translate business goals into engineering strategy
• Excellent communication skills in Italian and English (both fluent)

Please note that this position is based in Milan. Hybrid setups are possible, provided frequent travel is possible.

Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive annual salary range with significant equity participation
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage
• Work in a well-funded legal AI tech company with an ambitious, smart and international team
• Real impact and the opportunity to reshape not only a company, but an entire industry
• Regular team retreats and off-sites
• Hybrid work setting with regular time in our Milan office

If you’re eager to join the A11 Ecosystem and shape what’s next, we want to hear from you!

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

A11 is committed to diverse and equal opportunities hiring for all – applicants, candidates, and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences – and look forward to your application.

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! 💚

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table.
As the leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we connect the broadest community of loyal diners with the world’s favorite restaurants. Powered by innovation and a deep passion for the restaurant industry, we create unique dining experiences across 11 countries.

We’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people-first culture where “respect”, “ownership”, “growth” and “better together” values thrive.
If you’re passionate about food, technology, and making a real impact, your seat at the table is ready.

👉 Discover life at TheFork

What you will do

• Lead a team of 7 talented engineers that are developing theForkManager (theFork’s Restaurant Management Software) and the B2B Integrations that support it.
• Own day to day execution decisions, delivery on time and maintaining a high bar of quality.
• Optimize the team’s processes to balance velocity with quality and participate in a culture of excellence across the board.
• Co-own roadmap planning with your product and design counterparts.
• Collaborate with different engineering teams on building bigger projects or simply manage dependencies and cobuilding. 
• Participate in the overall tech strategy and management of the B2B Tribe with the other engineering managers, staff engineer and architect. 
• Make sure your team is heard, fully motivated and aligned with the rest of the teams in the tribe and in the engineering department as a whole.
• Hire, mentor and motivate excellent engineering talent. 
• Give constructive feedback, performance reviews and compensation reviews to your team. 
• Participate in aligning engineering with product planning. 

Who you are

• Experienced leader with 3-5+ years of experience as an engineering manager.
• Self motivated, curious and passionate engineer at heart.
• Have an excellent grasp of system design and modern architecture patterns.
• You have excellent knowledge or hands-on experience with technologies like React Native, TypeScript, NodeJS, DataDog and RabbitMQ.
• Exposed to different agile methodologies / shape up and understand deeply how to apply and use them in the right context.
• You have a quality first mentality, can set high standards for your team and participate in mentoring and upskilling the team.
• Someone that has strong product acumen and solid understanding of product principles. Not just from a product development perspective but from the commercial and business side as well. 
• You have good experience with new devtools, AI workflows, and are always curious to experiment with and bring forward new technologies.
  
  
  

What we offer you  

😄 An awesome team (not everybody like our jokes, but we try our best) 

🏠 A Permanent contract (that can be useful in life) 

⚖️ Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week) 

💸 Competitive fixed salary and bonus

🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants)  

🌎 International teams - More than 30 nationalities and 16 offices worldwide 

🏳️‍🌈 Highly inclusive working environment 

🤸‍♀️ Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse physical, leisure activities, family support, travel etc 

🎓Continuous learning and development programs

😌 Free access to the Calm app  

🏥 Health insurance fully covered by the company 

👩‍🦽 Life Insurance and Disability at no cost to the employee  

💗 Welfare allowance school costs, elderly care, babysitting costs, transportation, travel leisure 

🍴 Amazing offices with dining, coffee point on each floor, and leisure area    

🎤 Team building events (we love karaoke. A lot. A lot.) 

If you are the right person and you are thrilled to join TheFork don’t miss this chance and apply.. we are waiting for you!

We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure  that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio-economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under  applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application,  interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to AccessibleRecruitment@TheFork.com. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly

All hiring happens through our careers site and official email. We do not text or ask for payment during the hiring process. Please report any suspicious messages immediately.

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