AI Data Engineer — Build Scalable Training Pipelines

Speechify; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Impactful work

Dynamic environment

Competitive compensation

Asynchronous culture

Job summary

Speechify, a fully distributed company with no office, seeks a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation products. You will discover new audio data sources, design scalable pipelines, collaborate with AI scientists, and own projects from problem discovery through delivery and iteration.

You will optimize data quality, throughput, and cost while contributing to a pioneering, asynchronous-first engineering culture that

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or 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 with data pipelines or large-scale data processing.
• Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and ability to work independently in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Discover new sources of audio data and build reliable pipelines to bring them into 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

Education

B.S./B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Linux

Terraform

GCP

Job description

Speechify, a fully distributed company with no office, seeks a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation products. You will discover new audio data sources, design scalable pipelines, collaborate with AI scientists, and own projects from problem discovery through delivery and iteration.

You will optimize data quality, throughput, and cost while contributing to a pioneering, asynchronous-first engineering culture that