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Salary: USD 30,000 - 120,000 / annual
Speechify is a text-to-speech platform used by over 50 million people globally to convert PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio. The company was recently named Chrome Extension of the Year by Google and received Apple's 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity. With ~200 employees distributed globally and no physical office, Speechify operates a fully remote, asynchronous culture.
This role sits on the Data side of Speechify's AI team, responsible for all aspects of data collection and pipeline infrastructure to support model training operations. The team builds high-quality datasets at petabyte scale with cost efficiency through tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research.
Key responsibilities include:
- Sourcing new audio data sources and integrating them into the ingestion pipeline
- Operating and extending cloud infrastructure for data ingestion, currently running on GCP with Terraform
- Collaborating with research scientists to optimize the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer datasets at scale and lower cost
- Working with the AI team and leadership to shape the dataset roadmap for next-generation consumer and enterprise products
Ideal candidates have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of industry software development experience. Required skills include bash/Python scripting in Linux, Docker, Infrastructure-as-Code, and hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP preferred). Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing workflows is a plus. The role requires strong communication, adaptability, and comfort with scrappy problem-solving in a fast-moving environment.
