Data Infrastructure Engineer - Ingest & AI Data Pipelines

Speechify; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify in Auckland City, NZ is hiring a Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition to own data collection supporting model training. You will build datasets at scale by integrating infrastructure, engineering and research, powering next-generation AI models.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software, strong Bash/Python, Docker and IaC, and cloud experience (GCP). You will collaborate with AI scientists to expand ingestion pipelines and datasets for Speechify products.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Infrastructure-as-Code

Multi-tasking

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Terraform

GCP

Job description

Speechify in Auckland City, NZ is hiring a Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition to own data collection supporting model training. You will build datasets at scale by integrating infrastructure, engineering and research, powering next-generation AI models.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software, strong Bash/Python, Docker and IaC, and cloud experience (GCP). You will collaborate with AI scientists to expand ingestion pipelines and datasets for Speechify products.