Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Speechify; Palma de Mallorca; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading tech company is seeking a Software Engineer to enhance their data collection capabilities for model training operations. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience, proficiency in Python/Bash scripting, and cloud infrastructure skills. The company offers a fast-growing environment, competitive salaries, and the opportunity to work on a transformative product that supports individuals with learning differences.

Servicios

Competitive salaries

Flexible work environment

Impactful projects

Formación

• 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Experience with web crawlers and data processing workflows is a plus.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.

Responsabilidades

• Find new sources of audio data and bring it into the ingestion pipeline.
• Operate and extend cloud infrastructure for the ingestion pipeline.
• Collaborate with Scientists to enhance data quality and scale.

Conocimientos

Data collection

Cloud infrastructure management

Bash/Python scripting

Docker

Large-scale data processing

Strong communication skills

Educación

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

GCP

Descripción del empleo

Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs. This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users. We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount.

We are 100% distributed with no office. Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

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 can 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

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Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

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