Speechify
TechLead,WebCoreProduct&ChromeExtension
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“Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension at Speechify. Skills: Web Core Product development, Chrome Extension development, ReactJS, Typescript. Actively ship production code to the web products. Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap”
What You'll Achieve.
Build great user experiences that delight users; Deliver results consistently and fast
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience building and shipping products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users, Passion for the field and desire to build high-quality products that serve customer needs, Ability to work quickly to generate ideas and decide which things can ship now and what things need time, Ability to engage or be heads down as needed in a busy, remote team, Ability to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
What You'll Do.
Actively ship production code to the web products
Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
Work on new and exciting features
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with your dedicated product team; Inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
Communication Scope
Solid communication skills
Full Job Description
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
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