Software Backend Engineer - Infrastructure

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.
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.
We're looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.
Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline
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.
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 web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.

Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more.
An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain.
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