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Role overview A platform engineering position focused on building and maintaining the backend services that power consumer and business-facing products. The team owns everything from payments and analytics to subscriptions, text-to-speech pipelines, and external APIs. The work blends strategic product thinking with hands-on engineering in a fast-paced, distributed environment where ownership and execution speed are highly valued.
Responsibilities - Design, build, and maintain robust APIs, including a public text-to-speech API and internal services for payments, subscriptions, authentication, and consumption tracking - Oversee the full backend API landscape, continuously optimizing for performance, scalability, and maintainability - Collaborate on B2B solutions, addressing customization and integration needs for enterprise clients - Partner with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with broader product strategy and user experience goals - Contribute to architectural decisions and help shape engineering standards across the platform
Requirements - Proven backend development experience with TypeScript and Node.js - Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, plus working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers - Ability to ideate and implement quickly, prioritizing work by urgency and business impact - Strong communication skills and a results-driven, ownership-oriented work ethic - Experience building delightful user experiences backed by scalable services
Nice to have - Experience with Docker and containerized deployments - Proficiency deploying high-availability applications on Kubernetes
Benefits and work setup - 100% distributed, asynchronous work culture with no central office - High degree of autonomy and the ability to take on leadership through impact rather than title - Competitive compensation and a flat organizational structure - Mission-driven product focus that supports accessibility and inclusive learning - Work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and consumer audio technology