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# Software Engineer, Platform - Chicago, IL, USA at Speechify

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$140,000 – $200,000/yr

**Setup**
: Remote

**Location**
: Chicago, Illinois

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: not_specified

**Posted**
: May 7, 2025

## Description

Speechify is hiring a Backend Engineer to design, build, and own backend systems supporting payments, subscriptions, authentication, consumption tracking, analytics, and its public text-to-speech API. The role focuses on improving reliability, cost, and automation while designing B2B and enterprise integrations and collaborating with product, mobile, and web teams. Candidates need proven TypeScript/Node backend experience, direct GCP experience, and familiarity with at least one other cloud platform; Docker and Kubernetes are preferred. The position is fully distributed, with a United States-based salary range of 140,000–200,000 USD per year plus bonus and stock.

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