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 Design award winner for inclusivity for 2025.

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

With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we find the need for a Senior Android Engineer to help us support the new user base as well as work on new and exciting projects to push us forward.   

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

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible of delivering high quality features
• Shape the future of our Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
• Review pull requests, and support other teammates
• Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges 
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Familiarity with Android components
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app
• Product design intuition and user empathy
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
• Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what's outlined in the spec
• Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
• Excellent communication skills
• User oriented problem solving approach
• Driven with continuous feedback from leaders

Bonus:

• Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android
• Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS

Technologies we use:

• Kotlin
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Flow
• Jetpack Navigation
• Dagger 2
• Room
• Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
• Jetpack Compose
• JUnit

What We offer:

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

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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.

As an Experienced Full Stack Developer, you will play an integral role on building custom solutions, product extensions and integrations. Your primary focus will be active development, contributing to projects that build custom applications to enhance our platform. You’ll leverage your technical expertise while demonstrating strong collaboration and communication skills to achieve team and organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the development of web services, user interfaces, and backend processes that integrate with various APIs and data stores.
• Solve technical challenges and research innovative solutions to meet project requirements.
• Collaborate closely with teammates to design and implement scalable, efficient, and maintainable solutions.
• Participate in design sessions, asking insightful questions to understand and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Ensure code quality by adhering to software design principles and contributing to code reviews.
• Learn and adapt quickly to new frameworks, languages, and technologies to address evolving business needs.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3+ years of hands-on experience in software development with proficiency in JavaScript and Node.js.
• Experience with front-end development (React preferred) and expertise in AWS as the primary cloud platform.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, API development, and cloud-based service architectures.
• Proven experience working within agile development methodologies.
• Nice-to-have experience with MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Bonus skills: Experience with Salesforce and related tools.
• Passion for building innovative solutions with a focus on enterprise durability and scalability.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate complex technical challenges.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work seamlessly within a team.

Soft Skills & Organizational Impact:

• Demonstrate maturity, a positive attitude, and discretion when handling sensitive client and team matters.
• Exhibit strong strategic thinking to align technical development with business goals.
• Work cross-functionally with other teams to improve processes and deliver superior customer solutions.
• Serve as a role model of integrity, ethical behavior, and professionalism within the team.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a team that values innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
• Work on challenging, impactful projects that shape the future of customer interactions.
• Enjoy a fast-paced environment that fosters professional growth and development.

If you are a passionate developer who thrives in a dynamic environment and loves building innovative solutions, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today to be a part of our journey!

Additional Notes:
This position will follow a hybrid work model.

#LI-Hybrid

• Be part of an agile team to develop a scalable, highly available cloud contact center software using Java and single-page JavaScript.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Engineering leaders and Test Engineers.
• Deliver scalable software in both private cloud and public cloud settings (AWS and Google Cloud Platform).
• Deliver using containers (docker, Kubernetes) using CI/CD in a DevOps model.
• Bring a positive attitude to the team, helping mentor more junior engineers, drive our standards, show ownership and an obsession for our customers.

• 2+ years of professional experience developing Java applications – including delivering RESTful and gRPC apis. 
• 5+ years of professional or open-source experience writing JavaScript MVC.
• Agile coding experience, working in small teams making a big impact fast.
• Familiarity with standard javascript async patterns (events, closures, callbacks, promises, error handling, etc.).
• Strong CS fundamentals and an object oriented language (think an undergrad CS degree, or similar amount of work experience).
• Positive, self-motivated and enthusiastic with a strong sense of ownership.

• Experience with Salesforce integrations as OpenCTI and Service Cloud Voice.
• Experience with Voice applications and/or SIP Protocols.
• Experience with Contact Center or Call Center software.
• 1+ years of professional or open-source experience with a JavaScript MVC toolkit such as React, Dojo, AngularJS, Backbone.js, Knockout or Ember.js.
• 1+ years of experience delivering production software using Containers (Docker or similar).
• 1+ years of experience delivering production software into Public Cloud.
• Experience in a modern consumer environment (Pinterest, Box, Quora, Facebook...) and/or open source projects (contributed to node.js, dojo toolkit, NPM modules, etc).
• Experience with GIT SCM.
• Passion for user experience and strong design experience.
• Experience with a data visualization package (Highcharts, d3.js, etc.).

Benefits:

• Five9 Shares
• Bonus Scheme
• 10% Flex Benefit
• Meal Allowance
• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance 
• 25 day Annual Leave + Public Holidays