AI Data Engineer — Build Scalable Training Datasets

Speechify; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic environment

Autonomy

Impactful work

Competitive compensation

Asynchronous work culture

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its distributed AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products. We build high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and low cost by combining engineering, infrastructure, and research.

You’ll discover new data sources, create reliable pipelines, and collaborate with AI Scientists to improve training data and models.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong backend development fundamentals.
• 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, initiative, and the 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

5+ years software engineering

Python programming

Bash scripting

Independent work

Problem solving

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Linux environments

Data pipelines

Production systems

GCP

Terraform

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its distributed AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products. We build high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and low cost by combining engineering, infrastructure, and research.

You’ll discover new data sources, create reliable pipelines, and collaborate with AI Scientists to improve training data and models.