Remote Data Infrastructure Engineer for AI Data Acquisition

Speechify; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fast-growth environment

Hands-off management

Competitive salaries

Life-changing product

Impactful AI/Audio

Asynchronous culture

Diverse & inclusive culture

Job summary

Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer for the Data side of its AI team. You’ll own data collection and ingestion pipelines, building high-quality datasets at scale to train next‑gen models.

You’ll work with scientists to optimize throughput and cost, while shaping the dataset roadmap for consumer and enterprise products. The role requires 5+ years in software development, Bash/Python in Linux, Docker, and cloud experience (GCP).

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a 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

Python scripting

bash scripting

Docker

Terraform

GCP / cloud

Web crawlers

Data pipelines

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Terraform

GCP

Job description

Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer for the Data side of its AI team. You’ll own data collection and ingestion pipelines, building high-quality datasets at scale to train next‑gen models.

You’ll work with scientists to optimize throughput and cost, while shaping the dataset roadmap for consumer and enterprise products. The role requires 5+ years in software development, Bash/Python in Linux, Docker, and cloud experience (GCP).