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Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Columbia, USA
full-timeColumbia$140k - $200k

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Location

Columbia

Salary

$140k - $200k

Type

full-time

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About this role

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 App of the Day.


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.


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



  • Actively ship production code to the web products

  • Work closely with your dedicated product team

  • Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap

  • Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives


An Ideal Candidate Should Have



  • Experience. You've built and ship products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users

  • Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs

  • Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas 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

  • Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript


What We Offer



  • A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture

  • An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle

  • A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work

  • The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry

  • A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture


The United States Based Salary range for this role is: 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience


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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.

Other facts

Tech stack
Tech Lead,Web Core Product,Chrome Extension,Frontend Engineering,Backend Engineering,AI Research,Product Roadmap,User Experience,Collaboration,Customer Obsession,Speed,Focus,Vanilla JS,ReactJS,Redux,Firebase,Typescript

About Speechify

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 App of the Day.
Speechify also provides a voice over, voice cloning, and dubbing studio for businesses and creators and a text to speech API for developers. Through its products, Speechify is the largest provide of Speech AI in the world.

Cliff Weitzman founded Speechify to overcome his own dyslexia. Growing up, Cliff’s dad would read him Harry Potter because he couldn't do it himself. Cliff’s dad was his hero. But without reading, Cliff couldn't become the person he wanted to be. So, he learned to code and created Speechify to read books to himself.

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 Revolut, Stripe, and Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Programming languages across Speechify include React, Typescript, NodeJS, Kotlin, Python, and Go.
We’d love to meet you! Please apply here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/speechify.

Team size: 51-200 employees
Website: speechify.com
LinkedIn: Visit
Industry: Software Development
Founding Year: 2017

What you'll do

  • Actively ship production code to the web products and work closely with your dedicated product team. Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap and work on new features that will impact millions of lives.

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What does a Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Columbia, USA do at Speechify?

As a Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Columbia, USA at Speechify, you will: actively ship production code to the web products and work closely with your dedicated product team. Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap and work on new features that will impact millions of lives..

Why join Speechify as a Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Columbia, USA?

Speechify is a leading Software Development company. The Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Columbia, USA role offers competitive compensation.

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The Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension - Columbia, USA position at Speechify is based in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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