Senior AI Data Engineer — Build Scalable Training Pipelines

Speechify; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Remote-first culture

Asynchronous work environment

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its AI team. You will build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products, handling petabyte-scale datasets with scalable, cost-effective systems.

You will discover new data sources, optimize pipelines, and collaborate with AI scientists to improve training datasets and models. This role offers a distributed, remote environment with impactful, cutting-edge work in a rapidly growing field.

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

Backend development

Python

Bash

Problem solving

Independent work

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

Data pipelines

Production systems

Linux environments

Job description

Speechify is hiring a Software Engineer - AI Data to join its AI team. You will build data pipelines powering model training and next-generation AI products, handling petabyte-scale datasets with scalable, cost-effective systems.

You will discover new data sources, optimize pipelines, and collaborate with AI scientists to improve training datasets and models. This role offers a distributed, remote environment with impactful, cutting-edge work in a rapidly growing field.