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Salary: USD 140,000 - 200,000 / annual
Speechify is a text-to-speech platform used by over 50 million people globally to convert PDFs, books, Google Docs, articles, and websites into audio. The company was named Chrome Extension of the Year by Google and received Apple's 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity. With ~200 employees in a fully distributed setting, Speechify is building next-generation AI models for accessibility and learning.
You'll join the Data side of the AI team, responsible for all aspects of data collection to support model training operations. The team builds high-quality datasets at petabyte scale through tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research.
Key responsibilities:
- Source and integrate new audio data into the ingestion pipeline
- Operate and extend cloud infrastructure (GCP, Terraform) for data ingestion
- Partner with research scientists to optimize the cost/throughput/quality frontier
- Collaborate with AI leadership to define the dataset roadmap for next-generation products
Required qualifications:
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux
- Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise with major cloud provider experience (GCP preferred)
- Strong communication skills
Preferred: web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows.
The role offers competitive compensation, equity, and the opportunity to impact millions of users with accessibility-focused products. Speechify emphasizes a hands-off management approach, entrepreneurial culture, and asynchronous work practices.
