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

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.  

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. 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.

Overview

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.

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.

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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.

Who are we 

Artefact is a leading global consulting company dedicated to accelerating the adoption of data and AI to positively impact people and organizations. 

We specialize in data & AI transformation and data-driven marketing to drive tangible business results across the entire enterprise value chain. Artefact offers the most comprehensive set of data-driven solutions per industry, built on deep data science and cutting-edge AI technologies, delivering AI projects at scale in all industry sectors. 

From strategy to operations, we offer an end-to-end approach and solutions: data & AI strategy, data quality and governance, data platforms, AI Factory, data-driven customer experience and marketing ROI. Our 1700+ employees operate in 25 countries (Europe, Asia, Americas, Middle East, India, Africa) and we partner with 1000+ clients, including some of the world’s top 300 brands such as Samsung, L’Oréal and Sanofi.To support this growth, our Consulting department is looking for a Junior Software Engineer.

What is it to be a Senior Software Engineer in Artefact?

As a Senior Software Engineer at Artefact you will work on all aspects of data engineering in multidisciplinary client teams. As a Senior Software Engineer at Artefact, you will be responsible for the good relationship with your clients in terms of software engineering tasks and you will start to supervise more junior profiles.

You will be using data as a tool to solve the real-world problems encountered by various sectors (e.g. retail, luxe, telecom, healthcare). This involves multiple activities:

• You will work in an agile team composed of data experts like you, but also non-technical people.
• You will work on and deploy your software to the cloud (GCP, AWS or Azure).
• You will implement software with Python and SQL to create applications and data transformations.
• You will apply DevOps principles: automating tests and cloud deployments with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (we use terraform), packaging applications in containers (we usedocker), implementing enablers for data observability (we use DBT).
• You will be developing one or more of the following technical expertises: Software Development, Analytics Engineering, ML Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or Site Security & Reliability Engineering

Profile - What we are looking for?

• You act on the whole value chain of projects (infrastructures and platforms creation, data collection, application of machine learning models, REST APIs creations, test-driven development, CI/CD, ...)
• Your studies involved software engineering, and you have experience in DevOps / DevSecOps
• You know how to set up and deploy ML model provided by our data scientists
• You have a good knowledge of Python
• You have an intimate understanding of SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLServer)
• Experience with managed cloud databases (BigQuery, Firestore, Redshift, CosmoDB, …) and  indexation systems (ElasticSearch, Vespa) is a plus 
• You are familiar or have already used cloud technologies such as GCP or AWS
• You have already used big data and microservices technologies such as Spark, Beam, Airflow and Docker (K8S is an asset)
• You can popularize technical terms and solutions to business oriented profiles, you can work in a team with very diversified profiles
• You know how to prioritize your tasks, respect deadlines or raise alerts when they are at risk
• You can manage a team, coach juniors, identify their axes of progress
• You can anticipate risks in projects from the design phase
• You have a good level of English and you are fluent in french to work in our Parisian office.

The recruitment process : 

To join Artefact, we propose to you an hiring process in four steps : 

• HR Call 
• Interview #1 - Coding Test with a senior Software Engineer
• Interview #2 - Architecture and Pipeline Test with a senior Software Engineer
• Interview #3 - Fit Interview with the software engineer Director.

Each interview is an opportunity to talk about your experience and learn more about Artefact and the software engineer position 

Onboarding Process : 

When you join Artefact, we organize an onboarding week to give you a 360 degree view of the company (training to give you the keys of the consulting culture and the consulting skills, share of tips about the project management). This time allows you to meet other newcomers and to have a large vision of the company.

Tasty Benefits : 

• Ideal location: we are based in the heart of Paris in the 9th district. 
• A unique mix of talents (Data consultants, Data Analyst, Data scientist, software engineer), and fast career opportunities. 
• A great place to learn: You will master the key skills of the data consulting world: you will receive regular training on technology, you will work in hybrid teams, you will learn the specific ways of working in tech (product mindset, agility...). At the end of your Artefact experience, you are an experienced technology leader.
• In addition, you have a mentor who will be dedicated to help you in your orientation and your professional development within Artefact.
• Culture: Innovation, Collaboration and Action are our values. We are doers who working together to create innovative solutions

At Artefact, we recruit our employees only on the basis of our needs and the individual qualities of each candidate. We ensure the development of their professional skills and responsibilities without discrimination of any kind, including belief, gender, age, disability, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, membership of a political organization, religion, trade union or minority group.