The mission of the company is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. The company's text-to-speech products help users turn various types of content into audio, enabling them to read faster and remember more. This is a key role in the Platform team, responsible for building and maintaining all backend services such as payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, and external APIs. The ideal candidate should be strategic, thrive in fast-paced environments, and have a passion for making product decisions that enhance user experience.
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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.
Requirements
- 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, especially for those with learning differences like dyslexia and ADD.
- An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain.
Application Instructions
Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.
