Software Engineer (Data Infrastructure & Acquisition)

We’re looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations.

Responsibilities

• Build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work.
• 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.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows (plus).
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
• 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (GCP).
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments.