Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Waterloo, Canada

Overview

Senior Software Engineer – Core Experiences Team

Responsible for building and maintaining foundational services and SDKs that power Speechify’s product experience across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product teams to scope projects, identify trade‑offs, and deliver solutions via cross‑platform SDK.
• Optimize existing functionality to improve performance such as faster loading and intelligent parsing.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and scheduled jobs using Kotlin.

Qualifications

• Systems thinking and a focus on end‑to‑end design and simplicity.
• Speed in generating ideas and making decisions on what can ship now versus needs time.
• Collaboration skills to work with designers, marketers, and PMs.
• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform and familiarity with Java.
• Prior experience with GCP is a plus.