Growth Engineer

About the role

Speechmatics, a leader in Speech Intelligence using AI and machine learning, is hiring a Growth Engineer. This is a hands-on backend engineering role that owns the technical engine behind how customers discover, adopt and grow with the platform, shaping the journey from a first website interaction to the first meaningful moment of value.

Key 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 specs into production-ready code
• Manage Vercel deployments and backend infrastructure, keeping the site fast and stable
• Implement UI design changes end-to-end, bridging design and live site
• Write Python-based queries to surface insights across the self-serve portal and support data-driven decisions
• Identify and act on opportunities to improve conversion across the self-serve funnel
• Collaborate with product, design and data teams in a cross-functional, async-friendly way
• Improve site performance, loading speed and technical reliability

Required profile

• Experience in a product-led growth or self-serve SaaS environment, with an understanding of conversion funnels
• Ability to work autonomously, with ambiguity and a pragmatic, shipping-first mindset
• Strong communication skills, proactive and transparent in async and cross-functional settings

Required skills

• JavaScript and TypeScript for website backend development
• Hands-on Python, especially for data queries
• LLM and AI-first development workflows, such as Claude or Cursor
• Deploying to Vercel or equivalent modern hosting and deployment platforms

What we offer

• Flexible working, with a hybrid approach of 2-3 office days per week
• Training and development at every career stage
• Private medical and dental coverage for you and your family, and global working opportunities
• Holiday allowance, pension/401K matching and parental leave support
• Working from home allowance for tech or home office equipment