Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - London, United Kingdom

Clutch Canada; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading text-to-speech technology company in London is hiring a Software Engineer for their Data Infrastructure & Acquisition team. This role requires expertise in software development and cloud infrastructure management to support the ingestion of audio data. Ideal candidates have strong scripting skills and experience with Docker. The position offers competitive salaries and a chance to work in a fast-growing tech sector.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Supportive work environment

Opportunity for significant impact

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
• Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Find new sources of audio data for the ingestion pipeline.
• Manage cloud infrastructure for the ingestion pipeline.
• Collaborate with scientists to enhance data processing.

Skills

Bash/Python scripting

Docker

Cloud Infrastructure knowledge

Strong communication skills

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GCP

Job description

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - London, United Kingdom

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 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. We have 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

The Platform team builds and maintains backend services, including payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs. This is a key role for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, and is passionate about making product decisions and delivering great user experiences.

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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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.