Remote AI Data Engineer

Speechify; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its distributed team. Based from Glasgow, you will build data pipelines powering model training and AI products, collaborating with AI scientists to improve data quality and scalability.

You will own data infrastructure, develop backend features in Python and Bash, and contribute to production systems that handle petabyte-scale datasets. This role offers autonomy in a fully remote environment with strong asynchronous collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash in Linux environments.
• Experience building and operating production systems, ideally involving data pipelines or large-scale data processing.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Discover new sources of audio data and build reliable pipelines to bring them into our training datasets.
• Build and improve large-scale data-processing systems, optimizing for data quality, throughput, and cost.
• Collaborate closely with AI Scientists to improve training datasets and support the development of next-generation models.
• Take ownership of engineering projects from problem discovery through implementation and continuous improvement.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Bash

Data pipelines

Linux environments

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science or related

Tools

GCP

Terraform

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its distributed team. Based from Glasgow, you will build data pipelines powering model training and AI products, collaborating with AI scientists to improve data quality and scalability.

You will own data infrastructure, develop backend features in Python and Bash, and contribute to production systems that handle petabyte-scale datasets. This role offers autonomy in a fully remote environment with strong asynchronous collaboration.