Senior Software Engineer, AI Model Serving - Madison

Senior Software Engineer, AI Model Serving - Madison, USA

Mission
:
The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify's text-to-speech products to turn whatever they're reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify's text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App.

Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. Our team includes frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and more, with backgrounds from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and leading startups.

As Speechify expands, our AI team seeks a Senior Backend Engineer. This role is central to ensuring our infrastructure scales efficiently, optimizing key product flows, and constructing resilient end-to-end systems. If you are passionate about strategizing, enjoy high‑paced environments, and are eager to take ownership of product decisions, we'd love to hear from you.

• State‑of‑the‑art voice cloning
• Low latency and cost‑effective text‑to‑speech delivery

• Proven experience in backend development:
  Python
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Proficiency in deploying high‑availability applications on Kubernetes
• Preferred:
  Experience deploying NLP or TTS models to production

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
• Opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
• Privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

United States Based Salary range: $,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience

Think you're a good fit for this role? Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and Linked In.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? Refer them!

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Speechify by 2x.

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.