Data Ingestion & Infrastructure Engineer

Speechify; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote work

Asynchronous culture

Job summary

Speechify is hiring a data-focused Software Engineer to own data collection and ingestion for model training. You will build scalable pipelines to source audio data, operate cloud infrastructure on GCP, and collaborate with AI scientists to improve data quality and throughput.

This fully distributed role emphasizes hands-on data work, cost-aware scaling, and close collaboration with researchers to power Speechify’s next‑generation models for millions of users.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Linux environments

Docker

Infrastructure as Code

GCP

Data ingestion

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Speechify is hiring a data-focused Software Engineer to own data collection and ingestion for model training. You will build scalable pipelines to source audio data, operate cloud infrastructure on GCP, and collaborate with AI scientists to improve data quality and throughput.

This fully distributed role emphasizes hands-on data work, cost-aware scaling, and close collaboration with researchers to power Speechify’s next‑generation models for millions of users.