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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 consumer accessibility with enterprise solutions.
You'll join the Data side of the AI team, responsible for all aspects of data collection supporting model training operations. The team builds high-quality datasets at petabyte scale with 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-managed); 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 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: bash/Python scripting in Linux; Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code proficiency; hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (GCP preferred). Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing workflows is a plus. The role demands adaptability, strong communication, and comfort with scrappy problem-solving in a fast-moving environment.
Speechify emphasizes hands-off management, entrepreneurial culture, and asynchronous work. The product directly impacts people with learning differences including dyslexia, ADD, low vision, and autism.
