Software Engineer; Data Infrastructure & Acquisition

Responsibilities

• We’re looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team s role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations
• We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us
• 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

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