Key skills
Bash scriptingPython scriptingLinuxDockerInfrastructure-as-CodeCloud Provider - GCPWeb crawlersLarge-scale data processingPythonBashAIGCPTerraformLeadershipCommunication
About this role
Speechify is a company dedicated to making reading accessible for everyone, with over 50 million users of its text-to-speech products. They are seeking a Software Engineer to manage data collection for model training operations, focusing on building high-quality datasets and collaborating with the AI team.
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
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
- Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus