Software Engineer
Speechmatics· Marketing
Hybrid (Belgrade)full-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Backend-focused software engineering role shaping the Speechmatics website and self-serve portal, with ownership of infrastructure, performance, and data-driven UX improvements in a hybrid, async-friendly, product-led environment.
Responsibilities
- 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, removing blockers and unlocking opportunities
- Own the ongoing improvement of site performance, loading speed, and technical reliability
Qualifications
- 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
- The ability to operate with significant autonomy, thriving with ambiguity and finding creative solutions
- Exceptionally strong communication skills, proactive, transparent, and thorough in async and cross-functional settings
- A pragmatic, shipping-first mindset, you default to iterating in production
- Experience managing and deploying to platforms like Vercel, or equivalent modern hosting and deployment infrastructure
Skills
Required:JavaScript and TypeScriptPythonLLM / AI-first development
Benefits
- Private Medical
- Dental for you and your family
- Global working opportunities
- Generous holiday allowance
- Pension/401K matching
- Working from home allowance for tech or home office equipment
- Choice of laptop and accessories
- Parental leave support (including adoption assistance and reproductive health services)
- Focus Fridays and team rhythm to support balance
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Speechmatics
Speechmatics offer the most accurate AI speech technology for enterprise - with AI transcription, real-time translation and text-to-speech components. Try our Speech API today!
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