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Salary: USD 140,000 - 200,000 / annual
Speechify is a text-to-speech platform used by over 50 million people to convert PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio. The company has ~200 employees globally in a fully distributed setting and has received recognition from Google (Chrome Extension of the Year) and Apple (2025 Design Award for Inclusivity).
You will join Speechify's AI team to build the data pipelines that power model training and next-generation AI products. The team combines engineering, infrastructure, and research to build high-quality datasets at petabyte scale while optimizing for cost and efficiency.
Key responsibilities:
- Discover new sources of audio data and build reliable pipelines to ingest them into training datasets
- Build and improve large-scale data-processing systems, optimizing for data quality, throughput, and cost
- Collaborate closely with AI Scientists to improve training datasets and support development of next-generation models
- Take ownership of engineering projects from problem discovery through implementation and continuous improvement
You will work in an environment that values innovation, intuition, and drive, with autonomy to foster focus and creativity. The role sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio, a rapidly evolving tech domain.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend development fundamentals
- Proficiency in Python and Bash in Linux environments
- Experience building and operating production systems, ideally involving data pipelines or large-scale data processing
- Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and ability to work independently in ambiguous environments
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience with web crawlers, data acquisition, or distributed data-processing systems
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code, particularly GCP and Terraform
- Familiarity with ML training data, dataset quality, or audio processing
