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Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer to join the Data side of its AI team. The company's mission is to make reading accessible through text-to-speech technology, serving over 50 million users across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and web platforms. Speechify was recently named Chrome Extension of the Year by Google and received Apple's 2025 Design Award for Inclusivity.
In this role, you'll own all aspects of data collection to support model training operations, building high-quality datasets at petabyte scale while optimizing for cost and quality. You'll work in a 100% distributed, asynchronous environment with ~200 employees globally, including engineers from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Stanford PhD researchers, and founders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Sourcing new audio data and integrating it into the ingestion pipeline
- Operating and extending cloud infrastructure (GCP, Terraform) for data ingestion
- Collaborating with research scientists to optimize the cost/throughput/quality frontier
- Contributing to the AI team's dataset roadmap for next-generation consumer and enterprise products
You should have 5+ years of software development experience, proficiency with Python/bash in Linux, hands-on experience with Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code, and familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (GCP preferred). Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing workflows is a plus. A BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field is expected.
Speechify offers a fast-growing, entrepreneurial environment with competitive salaries, hands-off management, and the opportunity to impact a product used by millions, including people with dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism.
