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.

What You’ll Do

• Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline
• Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform.
• Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models.
• Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap to power Speechify’s next-generation consumer and enterprise products.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments
• Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)
• Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

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.

About Fellow

We believe that the act of making should be meaningful and fulfilling, done with intention and precision. Fellow makes beautifully functional tools for any kitchen, designed in San Francisco and used around the world. When the simple motions of life become small moments of joy, that's Everyday Magic.™

We’re looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Hardware Control Systems to help develop and optimize firmware for our hardware products.

This role is based in our office in Vilnius, Lithuania and is required to have an in office presence. 

Who You Are

You are an experienced embedded engineer who enjoys working close to hardware and solving real-world control problems. You have strong experience developing firmware for microcontroller-based systems and are comfortable working with physical process control, particularly in systems involving motors, power electronics, or similar hardware.

You enjoy collaborating with hardware, product, and firmware teams to bring reliable, high-performance consumer hardware to life.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain embedded firmware for our connected consumer hardware products.
• Design and implement firmware for microcontroller-based systems (primarily STM32), working close to the hardware to ensure reliable and efficient operation.
• Develop software for physical process control systems, including applications involving motors, actuators, sensors, and power electronics.
• Work closely with Electronics Engineers to understand hardware capabilities and constraints, including peripherals, memory usage, and system timing.
• Participate in board bring-up, debugging, and hardware integration, ensuring firmware interacts correctly with hardware components.
• Implement and optimize motor control algorithms and control loops where applicable.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers to integrate firmware with higher-level system software and external communication interfaces.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, firmware design, code reviews, and testing processes.
• Debug system-level issues across prototype and production environments, including timing, performance, and hardware interaction problems.
• Help improve firmware reliability, maintainability, and performance through thoughtful design and testing.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5+ years of embedded firmware development experience in real-world hardware products.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems.
• Required experience with STM32 microcontrollers, including their toolchains, peripherals, and debugging workflows.
• Experience developing firmware for physical process control systems, such as motors, actuators, power electronics, battery charging systems, or similar applications.
• Strong understanding of microcontroller peripherals, interrupts, timing, and low-level firmware design.
• Experience with bare-metal embedded development.
• Experience with board bring-up, hardware debugging, and integration with electronics systems.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to diagnose complex hardware-software interactions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RTOS-based systems (such as FreeRTOS).
• Experience with ESP32 microcontrollers.
• Experience with STMicroelectronics Motor control library 
• Experience implementing motor control systems, including familiarity with techniques such as Field-Oriented Control (FOC), trapezoidal control, or similar approaches.
• Experience working on consumer hardware products.
• Experience implementing UI or display interfaces (e.g., LVGL) is a plus but not required.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• A creative, fast-moving environment where ideas turn into action
• Competitive compensation including employee equity plan
• Generous paid time off plan
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Better Yourself Wellness credit & Better Your Community donation matching
• Monthly Fitness Stipend
• Summer Fridays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous discount on Fellow products
• Best coffee anywhere

Salary Range:  €6,500- €7,000 Monthly 

Our highest goal at Fellow is creating a safe, inclusive, and rewarding environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and thrive. We are committed to building diverse teams and strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. 

Fellow is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.