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.

Compensation: The 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.

About Man US Direct Lending

Man US Direct Lending is a private credit manager, specializing in directly-originated, secured senior and unitranche loans to performing, private equity sponsor-backed U.S. middle market companies.

Man US Direct Lending’s middle market direct lending investment objective is to generate current income with a focus on capital preservation. Man US Direct Lending offers a complete financing solutions product suite to middle market businesses with EBITDA generally between $10 million and $75 million. From inception to September 30, 2025, MDL has invested and managed capital (including co-investments) of over $33 billion in performing, senior secured loan investments across more than 355 borrowers.

Man US Direct Lending has built its platform with a senior management team that has extensive experience investing across the capital structure. Man US Direct Lending’s senior management team shares a common investment philosophy built on a framework of assessing companies with disciplined, fundamentals-based credit analysis. As of September 30, 2025, MDL had 78 employees, 45 of whom are dedicated investment professionals, with three primary offices located in New York, New York, Fort Worth, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois. The Firm also has offices in Wellesley, MA and in San Francisco, CA.

Purpose of the Role

Fund Accounting team at Man US Direct Lending is responsible for financial reporting, audit, and tax compliance for its funds and other investment structures.

The Fund Accounting team is seeking to add to its growing team an Associate role that will be focused on financial reporting and audit. The Associate will spend significant time with finance, and operations teams. The ideal candidate has a strong sense of ownership, is proactive, and is able to work on multiple projects at one time, employing a range of skillsets.

The Associate will report to Parmeet Jangi, Vice President.

Specific Responsibilities

• Managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual Fund financial statement closing process
• Primary review of the Fund quarterly and annual financial statements
• Primary review of monthly and quarterly compliance report to the Funds’ lenders
• Primary review of Fund tax returns and K-1s
• Assisting and coordinating Fund audits
• Assisting in the preparation of quarterly income and annual operating budget projections
• Managing investor capital calls and distributions process
• Management fee and incentive fee calculations
• Monitoring daily cash management and other liquidity needs
• Managing and supervising third-party administrators and other third-party service providers
• Efficient and effective communication with auditors, portfolio management team and investment team
• Contribute to the development of policies and procedures
• Ad hoc projects as assigned

Key Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• A minimum of two years of experience within the financial services industry at a public accounting firm or alternative asset manager
• Understanding of and interest in private credit a plus
• Strong Excel skills
• Exceptionally detail oriented and has ability to multi-task
• Effective communicator and able to write clearly and concisely
• Strong interpersonal skills

The Tax Manager/Senior Manager is responsible for all phases of client engagements including primary client relationship maintenance, highly proactive management of tax compliance, tax advisory services, and developing and coaching professional staff. The Tax Manager/Senior Manager is expected to deliver exceptional client service, develop and maintain strong client relationships, participate in the firm’s practice development efforts by assisting with attracting and serving new clients, expand services to existing clients, and help recruit and retain additional team members. Candidates need to understand and manage firm risk on tax services performed, review various types of complex tax returns, continuously grow their technical knowledge, and deliver value-added tax planning ideas to clients.

Seeking Candidates with expertise in the areas listed below:

• High net worth individuals, their personal tax returns, trust returns, and gift & estate planning
• Privately held businesses, including partnerships, S Corporations, and/or C Corporations
• Private equity backed portfolio companies

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant tax experience including technical tax consulting, research, and implementation of planning strategies.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience supervising multiple direct reports and reviewing their work product.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting.
• Active CPA license.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Please note that Calvetti Ferguson does not provide immigration or work visa sponsorship.

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