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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 been recognized by Google as Chrome Extension of the Year and by Apple with a 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity. With ~200 employees globally in a fully distributed setting, Speechify operates at the intersection of AI and audio accessibility.
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 and low cost through tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research.
Key responsibilities include:
- Sourcing new audio data and integrating it into the ingestion pipeline
- Operating and extending cloud infrastructure for the ingestion pipeline on GCP, managed 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 develop the dataset roadmap for next-generation consumer and enterprise products
You should 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 experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP preferred). Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing workflows is a plus. The ideal candidate is scrappy, adaptable to changing priorities, and communicates effectively both written and verbally.
Speechify offers a fast-growing environment where you can shape the company and product, an entrepreneurial team that supports risk and hustle, hands-off management, competitive salaries, and the opportunity to impact millions of users with learning differences including dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism.
