Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Hamburg, Germany

Meyandy LLC; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 26.000 - 104.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salaries

Asynchronous culture

Life-changing product

Zusammenfassung

Speechify is hiring for the Data-focused Software Engineer role on the AI team. You will join a 100% distributed company building petabyte-scale datasets for next-generation models and products.

Responsibilities include sourcing data, maintaining ingestion pipelines on GCP with Terraform, and collaborating with scientists to reduce costs while increasing throughput and quality. Candidates should have 5+ years in software dev and strong Bash/Python skills.

Qualifikationen

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of industry software development experience.
• Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments.
• Docker and IaC concepts with at least one major Cloud Provider (GCP).
• Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing workflows is a plus.
• Strong multi-tasking and communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into ingestion pipeline.
• Operate and extend cloud infrastructure for ingestion pipeline on GCP with Terraform.
• Collaborate with Scientists to optimize cost/throughput/quality for data at scale.
• Help craft dataset roadmap with AI Team to power Speechify products.

Kenntnisse

5+ years experience

Bash

Python

Linux

Docker

Terraform

GCP

Web crawlers

Large-scale data processing

Communication

Ausbildung

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Terraform

GCP

Jobbeschreibung

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 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

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. 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.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• 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.

What we offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

The Germany Based Salary range for this role is: 30,000-120,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience.

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