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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 role focuses on building high-quality datasets at petabyte scale 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 (GCP, Terraform) for data pipelines; collaborating with research scientists to optimize the cost/throughput/quality frontier; and working with leadership to define the AI team's dataset roadmap for next-generation products.
You should have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, 5+ years of software development experience, proficiency with bash/Python in Linux, Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise, and hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (GCP preferred). Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing is a plus. The ideal candidate is scrappy, adaptable, and communicates clearly.
Speechify offers a fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment with hands-off management, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to impact millions of users with learning differences including dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism.
