Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Speechify is a company dedicated to eliminating reading barriers for learning through its innovative text-to-speech products. They are seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join their AI team, focusing on data collection and infrastructure to enhance model training operations.
Responsibilities
- Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline
- Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform
- Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models
- Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap to power Speechify’s next-generation consumer and enterprise products
Skills
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field
- 5+ years of industry experience in software development
- Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments
- Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)
- Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Benefits
Company Overview
Speechify is a mobile and desktop app that allows people with dyslexia and low vision to read out using text to speech voice. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Miami, Florida, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://speechify.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Speechify has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.