AI Data Engineer, Large-Scale Pipelines & Impact

Speechify Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Remote work

Autonomy

Asynchronous work culture

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products. You will develop high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and optimize data quality, throughput, and cost.

You will discover new data sources, build reliable pipelines, and collaborate with AI Scientists to improve training datasets and models. This role emphasizes ownership, innovation, and working across a distributed team.

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 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

Backend development

Python

Bash

Data pipelines

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Linux

GCP

Terraform

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products. You will develop high-quality datasets at petabyte scale and optimize data quality, throughput, and cost.

You will discover new data sources, build reliable pipelines, and collaborate with AI Scientists to improve training datasets and models. This role emphasizes ownership, innovation, and working across a distributed team.