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Software Engineer, Platform - Jacksonville, FL, USA - Speechify
Software Engineer
Full‑stack Software Engineer building scalable, cloud‑native text‑to‑speech services using Python, Node.js, and React, with a focus on AWS infrastructure, containerization, and automated CI/CD pipelines.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services in Python and Node.js that power Speechify’s text‑to‑speech engine across web, mobile, and browser extensions.
- Collaborate with product and design teams to translate user stories into robust, scalable features using React and modern front‑end tooling.
- Implement and optimize AWS services (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, ECS) to support high‑throughput audio generation and delivery.
- Containerize applications with Docker, manage deployments via CI/CD pipelines, and ensure zero‑downtime releases.
- Write comprehensive unit, integration, and performance tests; participate in code reviews and maintain high code quality standards.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience building production‑grade web services in Python or Node.js.
- Strong knowledge of AWS architecture and experience deploying containerized workloads.
- Proficiency with React, TypeScript, and modern front‑end build tools.
- Hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes or ECS, and CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
- Excellent problem‑solving skills, a passion for accessibility, and a collaborative mindset.
Skills
pythonnodejsawsreactdockercicd