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Software Engineer, Platform - Kansas City, MO, USA

Speechify · Kansas City, MO, USA

Posted about 3 months ago · Previously reposted

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
Speechify's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
Yes
taken down and listed again at least once
Salary listed
No
19% of Speechify's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Speechify
high
1086 stale, 1550 reposted of 1,086 open
Hiring momentum
1949 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Speechify's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Speechify.

About this role

As a Software Engineer on the Platform team at Speechify, you will design, build, and maintain backend systems that support critical functionalities like payments, subscriptions, and the public TTS API. Your role will involve optimizing existing services, automating processes, and ensuring the correctness of changes before deployment. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to enhance backend architecture while contributing to a flat organizational structure that rewards initiative and leadership.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Speechify as an employer.

What you need

  • Proven backend experience in TS/Node
  • Direct experience with GCP
  • Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or another cloud
  • A habit of giving away work you used to own
  • A daily working setup with AI agents
  • The instinct to check a result against the system itself

Nice to have

  • Docker and containerized deployments
  • Deploying high-availability applications on Kubernetes

What you get

  • Dynamic environment where contributions shape the company
  • Valued innovation, intuition, and drive
  • Autonomy fostering focus and creativity
  • Opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
  • Competitive compensation
  • Welcoming atmosphere

Worth weighing

  • Salary range provided is quite broad, which may indicate flexibility or uncertainty in compensation based on experience
  • The role emphasizes automation and reducing personal workload, which may not suit everyone
  • Flat organizational structure may require self-motivation and initiative to advance

Summarised from Speechify's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Speechify on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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