Remote Data Infrastructure Engineer - Ingestion

Speechify; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Asynchronous culture

Impactful work

Remote-first team

Equity

Job summary

Speechify is hiring for its Data side of the AI team to own data collection for model training. You will help build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale, integrating infrastructure, engineering, and research work to power next-gen models.

The role requires 5+ years in software development, strong scripting in Bash/Python, and experience with Docker, Terraform, and GCP. You will collaborate across scientists and leadership to shape dataset roadmaps and enable scalable data operations.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or 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; experience with GCP.
• Experience with web crawlers and 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

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Large-scale data processing

Web crawlers

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Google Cloud (GCP)

Job description

Speechify is hiring for its Data side of the AI team to own data collection for model training. You will help build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale, integrating infrastructure, engineering, and research work to power next-gen models.

The role requires 5+ years in software development, strong scripting in Bash/Python, and experience with Docker, Terraform, and GCP. You will collaborate across scientists and leadership to shape dataset roadmaps and enable scalable data operations.