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.

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.

Mission

Speechify is the easiest way to listen to the world’s information. Articles on the web, documents in the cloud, books on your phone. We absorb it all and let you listen to it at your desk, on the go, at your own speed, and with tools that make learning easier, deeper, and faster.

What streaming services have done for audio entertainment, we’re doing for audio information. And whatever we’re doing seems to be working. We’re #1 in our category, and experiencing exponential growth.

Overview

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Experiences Team. This team builds and maintains the foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across platforms. It's a critical role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of product and infrastructure, thinks strategically, and is passionate about designing clear, reliable APIs and simple systems that directly enhance the user experience.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with Speechify’s Product Teams to scope projects, find ways to reduce scope to get faster feedback from customers, navigate the integration/UX tradeoffs relevant to different product teams, and deliver solutions via our cross-platform SDK
• Optimize existing functionality to ship things like faster loading and more intelligent parsing by designing more efficient abstractions and improving our algorithms
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Systems thinking. You know that optimizing a system requires end-to-end design, and you believe simplicity is valuable.
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and options 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
• Preferred Tech Stack:
  • Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience is OK but role is Kotlin Multiplatform) 
  • Prior experience with GCP is a plus

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.

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.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain tools, libraries and infrastructure that improve the productivity of engineers across mobile, backend and embedded systems.
• Collaborate closely with mobile engineers to understand their workflows and pain points and translate them into practical short-term and long-term solutions.
• Contribute to and improve our build, CI/CD and test automation systems for SDKs, Android apps and firmware.
• Work with key stakeholders to prioritize work, balance competing needs and ensure your solutions integrate cleanly into existing workflows.
• Own projects end-to-end, from problem discovery and design through implementation, rollout and ongoing operation.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions and documentation to maintain a high bar for code quality, reliability and developer experience.
• Mentor other engineers in areas such as build, test and release best practices, helping to spread strong developer productivity practices across the team.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful experience with backend systems and at least one of: Android/mobile or embedded/firmware development.
• Experience designing, implementing and maintaining production systems or developer tooling.
• Understanding of how to build scalable, reliable and observable services, pipelines, or tooling.
• Experience owning projects from design through implementation, rollout and ongoing support.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment involving multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to different audiences.

Preferred qualifications

• Proficiency in one or more of: Kotlin, Java, or Go.
• Experience building tools or platforms to improve developer productivity, with clear empathy for internal developer users.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and modern build systems.
• Experience designing and maintaining automated testing infrastructure (e.g. integration/end-to-end tests, test orchestration, or reducing test flakiness).
• Experience with Android build and test tooling (e.g. Gradle, emulators, device farms) or firmware build pipelines.
• Experience in payments, point-of-sale, or hardware-integrated systems is a plus.

【 About the role 】

We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer to lead the development of high-performance mobile experiences that bridge software and hardware. You will tackle complex challenges in low-latency streaming and IoT integration while driving architectural excellence and mentoring the team. Working across functions, you will shape our technical roadmap and ensure app stability across the diverse Android ecosystem.

【What You’ll Do 】 

• Partner with cross-functional teams to design, build, and continuously evolve high-quality Android applications.
• Tackle complex technical challenges and design scalable, maintainable architectures for core app features.
• Take ownership of key technical decisions, driving architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
• Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and elevate overall team engineering standards.
• Optimize performance and reliability in areas such as video streaming, real-time communication, and BLE integration.
• Improve app stability, performance, and compatibility across a diverse Android device ecosystem.
• Enhance development efficiency by refining CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and DevOps workflows.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver impactful and user-centric features.

【 Who you are 】

• 5+ years of Android development experience using Kotlin, with strong experience building and shipping production apps.
• Hands-on experience with complex domains such as IoT integration, video streaming, or real-time systems.
• Proficient in asynchronous programming (Kotlin Coroutines, Flow) and performance optimization.
• Experience with modularized codebases (multi-module architecture) and scalable project structures.
• Solid debugging and problem-solving skills, with attention to performance, memory, and edge cases.
• Familiar with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, Agile development, and automated testing.
• Passionate about building high-quality products and continuously improving engineering practices.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

• Experience with BLE, IoT devices, or hardware-integrated mobile applications.
• Familiarity with video streaming technologies such as WebRTC or HLS.
• Experience optimizing Android performance, including memory usage and device compatibility.
• Experience using LLM or AI tools to improve app development workflows, such as code generation, testing, documentation, or engineering productivity.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly convey technical concepts and collaborate across teams.

【Benefits】

• Flexible Time-off; work hard and take time off when you need it
• Flexible working hours and work-from-home when needed
• Medical insurance and free yearly health checkup
• Yearly health checkup subsidy for your pets
• 2 free Furbos for each full-time team member
• Company trip and employee outing program
• Internal workshop and external training subsidy for you to expand your skill set and continuously learn and grow.

【 Perks 】

• The rare opportunity to work with an international team from Taiwan HQ and make impact on a global scale
• Join a group of talents who have passion to change pet parents and pet's lives through technology
• The freedom to voice yourself in an open, trusting and transparent working environment
• Quarterly all-hands meetings to update entire organization on company goals, strategic directions and the opportunity to openly ask questions/give feedback
• Bring your fur babies to work in a pet-friendly office space designed to make your pet feel relaxed and comfortable
• Join our volunteer program. We are passionate about giving back to society.
• Various club activities to cultivate interests and have fun with Tomofuners after work!
• A LOT of free snacks and drinks for humans and furkids!
• Comfortable and creative office with kitchen, sofa, and quiet areas. Everyone can find their ideal place to work!
• Afternoon tea time twice a month and monthly birthday parties. We celebrate all the happy moments together.

We are looking for:

You will be responsible for all aspects of software development, which includes building, writing  automated tests, and deploying software on our Android SDK platforms.  This team works closely with partner teams throughout the hardware and software product lifecycle. 

What you’ll do

• Design, build and maintain Android apps and SDKs in Java or Kotlin
• Develop Android SDKs for a variety of devices and form factors
• Work with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders across the company to bring new features and products to our users
• Collaborate with Android developers who work on the Stripe mobile apps and Stripe Terminal to set best practices for Android development across the company
• Implement industry standard protocols to match product capabilities.
• Create, maintain, and execute application unit tests as part of Continuous Integration.
• Analyze bug reports and manage the defect resolution process (disposition issues, resolve issues, and report issue status).
• Work closely with QA staff to ensure appropriate test cases are created, maintained, and executed.
• Interact with global teams with excellent communication skills to provide support information
• Routinely perform code reviews to ensure high quality designs and implementation 
• Assist in ensuring quality and timeliness of product/feature development.
• Proactively solve problems and work independently and within a team environment, with limited guidance.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 5+ years software development experience
• 5+ years working with embedded, mobile, or other connected devices
• Experience using automated testing and build systems. 
• Degree in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience adding, monitoring and parsing telemetry data to proactively resolve issues
• Speak and write fluent English
• Experience or interest in developing for embedded, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices
• The ability to listen well and internalize the best ideas from all over the organization while also setting a vision that others are excited to get behind
• Preference of simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and has a good intuition for what is lasting and scalable
• The ability to thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts
• The ability to put yourself in the shoes of your users and be a steward of crafting great developer and consumer experiences

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of EMV.
• Experience with custom Hardware and peripherals.
• Knowledge and expertise of PCI technology, transaction processing, and related retail standards.