The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Speechify’s text-to-speech products help users turn reading material into audio to read faster, read more, and remember more. Our products include iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome Extension, and Web App offerings. Speechify has been recognized by Google and Apple for its Chrome Extension of the Year and App of the Day, respectively. We operate in a 100% distributed setting with a global team.
This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users. We are a flat organization where leadership can come from anyone who demonstrates excellent technical skills and consistent, fast results. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and an obsession with winning are paramount.
Our interview process involves several technical interviews, and we aim to complete them within 1 week.
What You’ll Do
Work alongside machine learning researchers, engineers, and product managers to bring our AI Voices to customers for a diverse range of use cases
Deploy and operate the core ML inference workloads for our AI Voices serving pipeline
Introduce new techniques, tools, and architecture that improve performance, latency, throughput, and efficiency of our deployed models
Build tools to gain visibility into bottlenecks and instability, and design and implement solutions to address high-priority issues
An Ideal Candidate Should Have
Experience shipping Python-based services
Experience being responsible for the successful operation of a critical production service
Experience with public cloud environments, GCP preferred
Experience with infrastructure as code, Docker, and containerized deployments
Preferred: Experience deploying high-availability applications on Kubernetes
Preferred: Experience deploying ML models to production
What We Offer
A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia and ADD
An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio
United States base salary range
for this full-time position is
$140,000-$200,000
+ bonus + equity depending on experience
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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.