Senior AI Data Engineer

Speechify; United States; Remote; USD 30,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Asynchronous work culture

Remote-friendly environment

Impactful work

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its AI team and build data pipelines powering model training and next‑gen AI products.

You will create scalable data-processing systems, source new audio data, and collaborate with AI Scientists to improve datasets for training. This role emphasizes independence, problem solving, and cost-efficient, high-quality data workflows.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree or equivalent experience in CS or related field.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash in Linux environments.
• Experience building and operating production systems, especially data pipelines or large-scale data processing.
• Strong problem-solving skills 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 with AI Scientists to improve training datasets and support next-generation models.
• Take ownership of engineering projects from problem discovery through implementation and continuous improvement.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Bash

Linux

Data pipelines

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

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‑gen AI products.

You will create scalable data-processing systems, source new audio data, and collaborate with AI Scientists to improve datasets for training. This role emphasizes independence, problem solving, and cost-efficient, high-quality data workflows.