Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Berlin, Germany

Speechify builds an audio information listening platform. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Core Experiences Team to build foundational services, SDKs, and backend services using Kotlin Multiplatform.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.