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Salary: USD 140,000 - 200,000 / annual
Speechify is a fast-growing AI & audio company on a mission to make reading accessible to everyone. With 50+ million users and recent recognition from Google (Chrome Extension of the Year) and Apple (2025 Design Award for Inclusivity), Speechify is building next-generation text-to-speech products across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome, and web.
You'll join the Data side of Speechify's AI team as a Software Engineer responsible for all aspects of data collection and ingestion 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 streams into the ingestion pipeline
- Operate and extend cloud infrastructure (GCP, Terraform) for data pipelines
- Partner with AI researchers to optimize the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer datasets at scale and lower cost
- Collaborate with the AI team and leadership to shape the dataset roadmap for next-generation consumer and enterprise products
You'll need 5+ years of software development experience, strong proficiency in Python/bash scripting, Docker, and Infrastructure-as-Code. Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing is a plus. The ideal candidate holds a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field.
Speechify operates as a 100% distributed company with ~200 employees globally, including talent from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Stanford, and high-growth startups like Stripe and Vercel. The culture emphasizes hands-off management, asynchronous collaboration, and entrepreneurial hustle.
