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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
We're looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.
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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.
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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.
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Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
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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.
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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
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Location: Tilting Futures is seeking a Program Manager for Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability in Penang, Malaysia. For this role, we are only accepting applicants with significant lived experience and legal authorization to live and work in Malaysia.
Start date: The ideal start date is 1 May, 2026.
Compensation: The compensation for this contract role is RM9,000-RM13,000 per month. This range reflects the full compensation, as contractors are responsible for managing their own taxes, benefits, and other related expenses. We value transparency and are happy to discuss further details with candidates during the application process.
Application process: This is an outline of our typical hiring process. Depending on the needs of the role, the individual stages may change. Only qualified applicants will be advanced at each stage.
We highly recommend reviewing our careers page for the most detailed information on our hiring process & philosophy, and to learn more about what it’s like to work at Tilting Futures.
Will you sponsor a Malaysian work visa application?
We are unable to sponsor a Malaysian visa application. All applicants must already be legally able to live and work full-time in Penang, Malaysia.
Will I have to travel to the United States in this role?
You may be asked to travel to the United States 1 time per year, for 1-2 weeks per visit, to attend staff-specific retreats or training seminars. In these cases, we will support your application for an American B-type visitor visa should you not have one already.
Do you have an office in Penang?
Yes, our office is located in Gelugor.
As Program Manager, you’ll be the on-the-ground leader guiding students through a transformative, real-world learning experience while cultivating the local partnerships that make it possible. We are looking for a strategic thinker who is able to center the student experience, develop effective systems, and nurture relationships with our partners and stakeholders. If you’re energized by empowering young people, building community, and driving impact at the intersection of education and social change, this role is your chance to make a lasting mark.
The Program Manager reports directly to David Arenas, Director of Global Programs. The other primary stakeholders for this role are Jennifer Lofing Boyle (VP, Programs), Marc Seidel (Senior Manager, Risk Management), and Rebecca Warren (Senior Manager, Teaching, Learning, & Enrollment). Get to know them here.
Oversee and lead Take Action Lab’s (TAL) experiential learning: Design, facilitate, and manage powerful learning experiences by developing experiential learning activities in line with TAL’s curriculum.
Manage partnerships: As Tilting Futures’s lead in Malaysia, proactively develop relationships and maintain close contact and communication with local partners.
Oversee students’ program preparation: In collaboration with your team, develop, implement and maintain student onboarding systems that ensure:
Lead Incident Management & Emergency Response: In collaboration with your team and specialized partners, support students’ socio-emotional health and learning, and provide effective response to health and safety incidents and emergencies.
Manage a high performing team: Build and lead a high-performing team passionately committed to empowering youth and driving impactful programs.
We are looking for more than just hard skills; we want teammates who will add value to our organizational culture by bringing these mindsets to their work:
The following are required:
Bonus points if have/are:
As Program Manager, you will help equip young people from around the world to tackle global issues through a one-of-a-kind hybrid immersive experiential learning program in Penang. By fostering strong partnerships and delivering a transformative student experience, you will play a key role in shaping the program’s success and impact.
Day-to-day activities will depend on the stage in the program cycle: planning season & immersion experience.
Planning season: daily activities during this stage include identifying and developing in-person learning activities that support the curriculum competencies and learning outcomes; prepare and roll out training for local partners; prepare orientation materials and resources for students’ onboarding to the program; provide feedback & input for future iterations of the program. In addition, this stage includes monitoring and tracking students’ pre-departure tasks (e.g. visa applications, travel plans, health and safety forms, housing & apprenticeship allocations).
Immersion experience: this is the most dynamic stage of the cycle while students are immersed in Penang. Day-to-day activities will include: managing communications with the local operational partner; leading reflection/learning activities for students; supporting and managing health and safety incidents; planning and executing activities that build community and a sense of belonging to Tilting Futures.
Tilting Futures is an equal opportunity employer. We know a diverse team produces the best results and we believe our team should reflect the diversity of leadership we aim to inspire. Applicants who contribute to this diversity are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Position: Program Coordinator, Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability
Location: Tilting Futures is seeking a Program Coordinator for Take Action Lab: Environment & Sustainability in Penang, Malaysia. For this role, we are only accepting applicants with significant lived experience and legal authorization to live and work in Malaysia.
Start Date: The ideal start date is 15 May, 2026
Compensation: The compensation for this contract role is RM5000-7750 per month. This range reflects the full compensation, as contractors are responsible for managing their own taxes, benefits, and other related expenses. We value transparency and are happy to discuss further details with candidates during the application process.
Application process: This is an outline of our typical hiring process. Depending on the needs of the role, the individual stages may change. Only qualified applicants will be advanced at each stage.
We highly recommend reviewing our careers page for the most detailed information on our hiring process & philosophy, and to learn more about what it’s like to work at Tilting Futures.
Will you sponsor a Malaysian work visa application?
We are unable to sponsor a Malaysian visa application. All applicants must already be legally able to live and work full-time in Penang, Malaysia.
Will I have to travel to the United States in this role?
You may be asked to travel to the United States 1 time per year, for 1-2 weeks per visit, to attend staff-specific retreats or training seminars. In these cases, we will support your application for an American B-type visitor visa should you not have one already.
Do you have an office in Penang?
Yes, our office is located in Gelugor.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
As part of the team in Penang, the Program Coordinator helps bring to life the Take Action Lab program for our students. They will play a key role in creating a positive student experience by facilitating curricular and extracurricular activities, supporting student wellbeing and learning, and leading administrative tasks for student onboarding, program management and record keeping. A mostly student-facing position, the Program Coordinator will play a central role in creating a unique, cultural immersion experience for our students.
We are looking for someone who is energized and enthusiastic about youth leadership development, builds relationships, and can navigate dynamic, new environments.
This role reports to the Take Action Lab Program Manager, Malaysia and works closely with the Program Operations Coordinator, and two other Program Coordinators in the Take Action Lab team. They must be based in Penang, Malaysia.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPACT
Co-create the Take Action Lab experience: Design and facilitate a unique immersion experience anchored in our principles of experiential learning
Support the wellbeing and development of inspiring young leaders: Work directly with the students to guide and facilitate their immersion learning experience in Penang
Build local partnerships: Develop good working relationships with program partners
Keep program stakeholders organized and informed: Support administrative tasks for student onboarding and offboarding and regular reporting
WHO WILL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE
We are looking for more than just hard skills; we want teammates who will add value to our organizational culture by bringing these mindsets to their work:
The following skills are required:
Bonus points if have/are:
YOUR LEGACY
Bring your youth development experience and knowledge of Penang and Malaysia to make your mark on a one-of-a-kind youth learning program for a global cohort of curious and inspired students.
DAY IN THE LIFE
Day-to-day activities will depend on the stage in the program cycle: planning season & immersion experience.
Planning season: This stage includes monitoring and tracking students’ pre-departure tasks (e.g. visa applications, travel plans, health and safety forms, housing & apprenticeship placements). In addition, you will support the development of in-person learning activities that support the curriculum competencies and learning outcomes; deliver training for local partners; prepare orientation materials and resources for students’ onboarding to the program.
Immersion experience: this is the most dynamic stage of the cycle consisting of a 12-week student immersion in Penang. Day-to-day activities will include: liaising with the local operational partner to organize logistical support; leading reflection/learning activities for students; supporting health, safety and behavioral incidents; planning and executing activities that build community and a sense of belonging to Tilting Futures.
Tilting Futures is an equal opportunity employer. We know a diverse team produces the best results and we believe our team should reflect the diversity of leadership we aim to inspire. Applicants who contribute to this diversity are strongly encouraged to apply.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Tilting Futures
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