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AI Engineer & Researcher, Inference

Speechify
Full-time
On-site
Houston
$140,000 - $140,000 USD yearly
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AI Engineer & Researcher, Inference

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PLEASE APPLY THROUGH THIS LINK: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/speechify/jobs/5287658004. DO NOT APPLY BELOW. The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Speechify’s text-to-speech products help people read and learn faster across PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites, and more.

Speechify’s products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google named Speechify Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify App of the Day. Speechify operates with a 100% distributed team, including frontend and backend engineers, AI researchers, and others from leading tech companies and universities.

This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically, thrives in fast-paced environments, and is passionate about making product decisions and delivering delightful user experiences. We value strong technical skills, results, and clear communication in a flat organization that supports leadership through excellence.

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and aims 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 architectures to improve performance, latency, throughput, and efficiency of deployed models

Build tools to visibility bottlenecks and instability, then design and implement solutions for 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 an exceptional asynchronous work culture

The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences

An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio

Salary

The United States base salary range for this full-time position is $140,000-$200,000 + bonus + equity depending on experience

Think you’re a good fit for this job? Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and 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.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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