Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Malaga, Spain

Overview The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Speechify’s text-to-speech products help millions of people turn what they’re reading into audio to read faster, read more, and remember more. Our distributed team includes frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from leading tech companies and academic programs.

We are a flat organization that values leadership shown through strong technical skills, delivering results quickly, and clear communication.

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

What You’ll Do 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

An Ideal Candidate Should Have 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)

Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus

Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

What We Offer A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product

An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle

A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work

An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry

Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use

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

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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