Senior Software Engineer, AI Model serving - Sheffield, United Kingdom

Clutch Canada; South Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in the audio AI sector seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance its scalable infrastructure and optimize innovative text-to-speech technology. The ideal candidate has strong Python skills, experience with cloud platforms, and a passion for strategic product development. This remote role offers competitive compensation and the opportunity to work in a dynamic, inclusive environment that values innovation.

Benefits

Dynamic work environment

Competitive compensation

Autonomy and creative freedom

Impact on revolutionary industry

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Proven experience in backend development, preferably with Python.
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of other cloud providers.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Develop state of the art voice cloning technology.
• Optimize low latency and cost-effective text-to-speech systems.

Skills

Python

Backend Development

Cloud Platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Docker

Kubernetes

NLP or TTS Models

Job description

Mission

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 App of the Day.

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.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, 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.

Overview

As Speechify expands, our AI team seeks a Senior Backend Engineer. This role is central to ensuring our infrastructure scales efficiently, optimizing key product flows, and constructing resilient end-to-end systems. If you are passionate about strategizing, enjoy high-paced environments, and are eager to take ownership of product decisions, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• State of the art voice cloning
• Low latency and cost effective text to speech

Requirements

• Proven experience in backend development: Python
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers.
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes.
• Preferred: Experience deploying NLP or TTS models to production.

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products.
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive.
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity.
• The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry.
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture.
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more.
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio - a rapidly evolving tech domain.

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.