Senior iOS Engineer needed to lead key engineering decisions and ship production code for Speechify's award-winning iOS app. Ideal candidate has experience scaling products to large user bases, customer obsession, and expertise in Swift and SwiftUI.

About the Company

Speechify is on a mission to make reading accessible to everyone, eliminating the barrier that reading can pose to learning. With over 50 million users globally, Speechify's text-to-speech products transform any written content – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, enabling users to read faster, read more, and remember more. The company's suite of reading tools includes iOS and Android apps, a Mac app, a Chrome Extension, and a Web App. Google recognized Speechify's Chrome Extension as the Chrome Extension of the Year, and Apple named the iOS app its App of the Day. The company operates as a fully distributed team of nearly 200 people worldwide, with no physical office. Team members come from leading companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, as well as high-growth startups such as Stripe, Vercel, and Bolt, and include PhD program leaders from Stanford and many former founders.

Role Overview

Due to the rapid growth of its iOS app – currently ranked #18 in the Productivity category on the App Store and recognized with Apple's 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity – Speechify is seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to support the expanding user base and lead new, exciting projects to advance the company's mission. This is a key role ideal for someone who thinks strategically, thrives in fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has a track record of building great user experiences that delight users. Speechify operates as a flat organization, empowering individuals to become leaders by demonstrating excellent technical skills and delivering consistent, fast results. Work ethic, strong communication skills, and an obsession with winning are essential qualities. The interview process involves several technical interviews, typically completed within one week.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead key engineering and product decisions, shaping the strategic direction of the iOS app.
• Actively ship production code for the Speechify iOS app, ensuring high quality and performance.
• Work within a dedicated product team, collaborating closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers.
• Participate in product discussions to influence the product roadmap and feature prioritization.
• Maintain and enhance the existing complex app architecture, ensuring scalability and maintainability.

Tech Stack

• Swift Programming Language
• SwiftUI
• Multithreading Programming (e.g., Grand Central Dispatch, Operation Queues)
• CI/CD infrastructure (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Fastlane for automation
• SOLID principles and clean code practices
• Git version control with experience in branching strategies (e.g., Git Flow, Trunk-based development)

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 and have been responsible for engineering the product. Customer obsession. You are constantly obsessed about providing the best possible experience. Product thinking. You make thoughtful decisions about the evolution of your product and support internal teams and designers. Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what needs time. Focus. You know how and when to engage or be heads down in a high-growth remote startup. Technical skills: Swift, SwiftUI, Multithreading Programming, CI/CD infrastructure, Fastlane, SOLID principles, Git and Git strategies.

A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product; an entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle; the opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry; a competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture; work on a product that millions of people use and where daily feedback includes users sharing that they cried when they first found the product because it was so impactful on their lives; support people with learning differences like Dyslexia, ADD, Low Vision, Concussions, Autism, and Second Language Learners, and give reading superpowers to professionals all over the world; work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech: Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Audio.