Senior iOS Engineer, Speechify
AI text-to-speech reader
Open for applications
AI text-to-speech reader
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.
Role
Who you are
- This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys high-pace environments, passionate about owning product decisions and has experience building and scaling complex engineering systems
- Experience. You've worked on products that scaled to a large user base
- Track record. You have worked on various products from inception to decent traction. You have been responsible for engineering the product
- Customer obsession. We expect every team member whose responsibilities directly impact customers to be constantly obsessed about providing the best possible experience
- Product thinking. You make thoughtful decisions about the evolution of your product and support PMs and designers into taking the right direction
- Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
- Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
- Technical skills. Swift, RXSwift, programmatic UI, strong knowledge in architectural patterns, multi-threading, (bonus) Combine, UiKit, & SwiftUI
- Swift Programming Language (min. 2 years)
- SwiftUI experience (1 year)
- Core Data/Realm/firebase/GRDB work experience
- Experience in a Multithreading Programming
- You must be able to describe Imperative and Declarative Programming differences, functional reactive VS OOP, key pros and cons
- Working with CI/CD infrastructure
- Experience with Fastlane
- Architectural Pattern knowledge like MVVM and MVVM+C and experience in practice min. 2 years
- Experience with Functional Reactive Programming min 2 years - fluent with RxSwift && RxCocoa || Combine
- Knowledge of Programming Paradigms
- SOLID principles, ability to write every single class according to SOLID
- Experience with Git and understanding of different Git strategies
- Experience with APNS and Push Notifications
- XCTests practical experience
- You should be able to:
- Describe disadvantages of OOP
- Write fully protocol oriented classes in Swift
- Must know who is Uncle Bob, Martin Fowler, Alan Key and how they've contributed to the field
What the job involves
- We find the need for a Senior iOS Engineer to help us support the new user base as well as work on new and exciting projects
- Actively shipping production code for the Speechify iOS app
- Work within a dedicated product team
- Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
- Maintain and enhance the existing complex app architecture
- Have the opportunity to work on features that will change millions lives
Application process
- Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply
- And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn
Our take
Speechify’s AI-powered app and browser extension make it easy for users to listen to emails, text documents, e-books, PDFs, online blogs, and articles in a variety of voices, languages, and speeds.
Text-to-speech technology has been fraught with performance issues for a long time, though in recent years this has begun to change for the better. Products like Amazon Polly, Linguatech Voice Reader, and Natural Reader have made real inroads on this front. What may set Speechify apart, however, is the insight of founder Cliff Weitzman, who built the app to help people with dyslexia, ADHD, vision impairments and other learning difficulties.
The company’s future growth may depend largely on who it targets and how it does so. Thus far it’s been mostly branded as a learning assistant, lauded by parents, teachers and adult users with reading disabilities. This niche approach is interesting and offers a potentially large market in the education sector. However, the technology also has mainstream appeal, with the potential to be branded as a productivity booster or multi-tasking assistant.
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Insights
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company values
- Frugality: We accomplish more wtih less. We understand that constraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and invention
- Ownership: We take control of each problem. We don't sacrifice long term value for short term results. We act on behalf of the company (and our team) rather than just ourselves
- Extreme product quality: We are world-class in our attention to detail. We maintain incredibly high standards. We constantly dogfood our products
- Always be hiring; We recognize that a company is by definition a collection of people. We bring great people together to do cool stuff
- Customer obsession: We work backwards from customers. We pay attention to competitors but obsess over customers
- Leading with love: We always think of ways to improve the lives of our teammates, stakeholders, & customers. We treat other with respect and care
- Deliver results: We are numbers driven. We focus on high leverage problems
- Speed: We have an extreme bias to action. We understand that speed is critical for success. We take calculated risks.
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Leadership
Cliff Weitzman
(CEO)Having studied at Brown University, Cliff founded YumPass, CellArmor, and BoardBrake before working as a Software Engineer at WeMap and StarterPack. In 2018, they founded Speechify, serving as the CEO since.
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