Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Remote

Overview

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

In Short

• 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.
• Craft the AI Team’s dataset roadmap to power next-generation consumer and enterprise products.
• Work in a fast-paced environment that values innovation and results.
• Communicate effectively with team members and leadership.
• Handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
• Contribute to building high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale.
• Join a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader.
• Participate in a swift interview process.

Requirements

• 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.
• Experience with Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
• Professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (GCP preferred).
• Experience with web crawlers and large-scale data processing workflows is a plus.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Benefits

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk and intuition.
• A hands-off management approach to foster focus and creativity.
• Competitive salaries and a friendly atmosphere.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions use.
• Impactful work supporting people with learning differences.
• Engagement in the intersection of AI and audio.