Important Information

Experience: +6 years

Job Mode: Full-time

Work Mode: Remote

ID: OPP00051-1

Responsibilities and Duties

• Digest requirement from product team and lead the elaboration of high level design for high availability, performance and scalability features for cloud systems; 
• Raise and discuss trade-offs of different design approaches elaborating detailed design documents; 
• Implement solution from coding to testing to production deployment support; 
• Follow agile processes and participate actively in all development phases.

Essential Skills 

• Experience with Golang (Go) programming language;  
• Extensive experience with modeling, producing and consuming web services based APIs (RESTful or SOAP based); 
• Experience on Cloud Service Orchestration; 
• Experience with Cloud Development; 
• Experience with backend systems development; 
• Proven proficiency with object-oriented software development; 
• Proven experience on complex architectural design for cloud-based applications; 
• Design Patterns; 
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra. 

Highly Desirable Skills 

• Competent in one or more programming language(s): Go (Golang), Python, Node, C#, C and C++, Java; 
• Knowledge on testing (Unit Test, Feature Test, Integration); 
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and technologies including Google Cloud, Aws, Azure; 
• Experience working with Kubernetes and OpenShift; 
• Exposure to and/or experience with Serverless applications; 
• An understanding of software design patterns, pipeline automation and software testing principles and methodologies; 
• Familiar with designing, coding, deploying and debugging microservices applications; 
• Strong Scripting and automation skills; 
• Passionate about solving problems in code; 
• Is proactive and easily trouble shoots and resolves issues relating to customer service, product, process and tools; 
• Comfortable with Linux Environment and shell scripting.

About Encora

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.

Important Information 

Location: Brazil
Job Mode: Full-time 
Work Mode: Work from home

Responsibilities and Duties

• Digest requirement from product team and lead the elaboration of high level design for high availability, performance and scalability features for cloud systems; 
• Raise and discuss trade-offs of different design approaches elaborating detailed design documents; 
• Implement solution from coding to testing to production deployment support; 
• Follow agile processes and participate actively in all development phases.

Essential Skills 

• Experience with Golang (Go) programming language;  
• Extensive experience with modeling, producing and consuming web services based APIs (RESTful or SOAP based); 
• Experience on Cloud Service Orchestration; 
• Experience with Cloud Development; 
• Experience with backend systems development; 
• Proven proficiency with object-oriented software development; 
• Proven experience on complex architectural design for cloud-based applications; 
• Design Patterns; 
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra. 
  

Highly Desirable Skills 

• Competent in one or more programming language(s): Go (Golang), Python, Node, C#, C and C++, Java; 
• Knowledge on testing (Unit Test, Feature Test, Integration); 
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and technologies including Google Cloud, Aws, Azure; 
• Experience working with Kubernetes and OpenShift; 
• Exposure to and/or experience with Serverless applications; 
• An understanding of software design patterns, pipeline automation and software testing principles and methodologies; 
• Familiar with designing, coding, deploying and debugging microservices applications; 
• Strong Scripting and automation skills; 
• Passionate about solving problems in code; 
• Is proactive and easily trouble shoots and resolves issues relating to customer service, product, process and tools; 
• Comfortable with Linux Environment and shell scripting.

About Encora

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.

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

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.

• Desenvolver e manter aplicações em Java (11/17/21) com Spring Boot e Micronaut
• Modelar e implementar APIs RESTful seguindo API First
• Trabalhar com PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB e DynamoDB
• Participar das decisões de arquitetura e boas práticas
• Implementar autenticação e autorização (JWT, OAuth2, Basic Auth)
• Melhorar continuamente qualidade de código e processos

• Graduação completa em área tecnológica
• Experiência sólida com Java e Spring
• Experiência com microsserviços e APIs REST
• Conhecimento em bancos relacionais e não relacionais
• Experiência com AWS e Kubernetes
• Noções de segurança e autenticação
• Disponibilidade para trabalho presencial

• Arquitetura distribuída (CQRS, Event Sourcing)
• Monitoramento (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Testes automatizados

• Conversa inicial
• Avaliações técnicas
• Entrevista com Talent
• Entrevista com liderança
• Proposta