Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences - Melbourne, Australia
Skills
About the role
This is a senior backend engineering role on the Core Experiences team at a text-to-speech company, building the shared services and SDK layer that turns written material into audio. The position is remote and based in Melbourne, Australia, sitting between product development and infrastructure. The team focuses on API design, service reliability, and improving how content is loaded and parsed for the product's SDK.
What you’ll do
- Work with product teams to scope initiatives and get customer feedback quickly on a focused first version.
- Weigh integration constraints and user-experience impact while building features into a cross-platform SDK.
- Design abstractions and algorithms that improve speed, parsing intelligence, and maintainability.
- Build Kotlin cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and background processing jobs.
What they’re looking for
- Ability to reason about systems end to end and favor designs that are both capable and simple.
- Comfort moving quickly from idea to prioritized delivery while balancing near-term and long-term engineering needs.
- Independent judgment and focus in a fast-paced remote team, while staying available for key collaboration.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills for working with designers, marketers, and product managers.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform (Java experience can help with the transition).
- Prior exposure to Google Cloud Platform.
What’s on offer
- High-growth environment where engineers can influence product direction.
- Entrepreneurial, remote-first team with an asynchronous culture.
- Hands-off management style that gives engineers room to focus.
- Competitive compensation.
- Work on accessibility-focused technology for users with dyslexia, ADHD, low vision, concussions, and autism.
Questions about this role
Is this role remote?
Yes, it's described as a remote role with an established asynchronous team culture.
What level is this role?
It's a senior-level position.
What technologies are used?
The team ships in Kotlin, with Kotlin Multiplatform and Google Cloud Platform experience listed as nice-to-have.
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