AI Data Engineer for Scalable ML Pipelines

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Autonomy and flexibility

Impactful work in AI data pipelines

Asynchronous collaboration culture

Global distributed team

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join our AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products. We operate a 100% distributed work model with a global team, focusing on high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and cost efficiency.

You will discover new data sources, optimize data pipelines, and work with AI scientists to advance model training pipelines. The role emphasizes ownership and solving complex data challenges in a scalable way.

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

Strong problem solving

Independent work in ambiguity

Backend development fundamentals

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Bash

Linux

GCP

Terraform

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join our AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products. We operate a 100% distributed work model with a global team, focusing on high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and cost efficiency.

You will discover new data sources, optimize data pipelines, and work with AI scientists to advance model training pipelines. The role emphasizes ownership and solving complex data challenges in a scalable way.