Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - London, United Kingdom at Speechify | GB | Rezi

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - London, United Kingdom at Speechify

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - London, United Kingdom

Speechify · GB

1 weeks ago

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - London, United Kingdom

Speechify · GB

12 days ago
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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

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

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries
  • 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
  • An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
  • 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
  • Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio

About the Company

  • The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.
  • Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more.
  • Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App.
  • Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
  • Nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office.
  • Team members include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

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.