About the Role
Speechify is seeking a skilled Software Engineer for its Data side of the AI team. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support model training operations, building high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work.
Responsibilities
- Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline.
- Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform.
- Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models.
- Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap to power Speechify’s next-generation consumer and enterprise products.
Requirements
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
- Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments.
- Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
- Professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (GCP).
- Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.
Skills
- bash scripting
- Python scripting
- Linux environments
- Docker
- Infrastructure-as-Code
- GCP
- web crawlers
- large-scale data processing workflows
Location
- 100% distributed setting
Work Type
- distributed
- full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of industry experience
Education Level
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- 30,000-120,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience
Benefits
- A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
- An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
- A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
- An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
- Competitive salaries.
- A friendly and laid-back atmosphere.
- A commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
- Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
- Work on products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
- Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
About the Company
- Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning.
- Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products.
- Speechify’s products turn reading materials into audio.
- Google named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year.
- Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
- Nearly 200 people work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting.
- Team members come from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Stanford, Stripe, Vercel, and Bolt.
Equal Opportunity
- Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
