Software Engineer

We're building the future of Speech Intelligence at Speechmatics, and we need someone who can own the technical engine behind how customers discover, adopt, and grow with our platform. This is a hands-on backend engineering role, where your work directly shapes the journey from a customer's first interaction with our website to their first meaningful moment of value. If you thrive shipping, iterating, and making a measurable commercial difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
What you'll do
Own the backend development and ongoing health of the Speechmatics website and self-serve portal
Build and maintain new custom components from scratch, turning design specifications into reliable, performant, production-ready code
Manage Vercel deployments and backend infrastructure, keeping the live site fast, stable, and technically sound
Implement UI design changes end-to-end, bridging the gap between what's designed and what goes live
Write Python-based queries to surface insights across the self-serve portal and support data-driven decisions across the team
Identify and act on opportunities to improve conversion across the self-serve funnel through well-timed, well-designed product experiences
Collaborate closely with product, design, and data teams in a cross-functional, async-friendly way, working closely together to remove blockers and unlock opportunities
Own the ongoing improvement of site performance, loading speed, and technical reliability
What you'll need
Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript for website backend development, with a track record of shipping and maintaining production code
Hands-on Python experience, particularly for data queries
Demonstrable experience with LLM and AI-first development workflows, tools like Claude, Cursor, or similar
Experience in a product-led growth or self-serve SaaS environment, with a clear understanding of conversion funnels and how engineering choices affect them