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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 distributed globally and no physical office, Speechify combines talent from major tech companies (Amazon, Microsoft, Google), leading research institutions (Stanford PhD programs), and successful startups (Stripe, Vercel, Bolt).
This role joins Speechify's AI team on the data infrastructure side, responsible for all aspects of data collection to support model training operations. The team builds high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and low cost through tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research.
Key responsibilities include: sourcing new audio data and integrating it into ingestion pipelines; operating and extending cloud infrastructure for data ingestion (GCP, Terraform); collaborating with research scientists to optimize the cost/throughput/quality frontier; and working with AI 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: bash/Python scripting in Linux; Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code; experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP preferred). Web crawlers and large-scale data processing experience is a plus. The role requires adaptability, strong communication, and comfort with scrappy problem-solving in a fast-moving environment.
Speechify emphasizes an entrepreneurial culture with hands-off management, asynchronous work practices, and competitive compensation. The product directly impacts people with learning differences including dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism.
