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Applied AI Engineer & Researcher - Raleigh-Durham, USA
full-time$140k - $200k

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$140k - $200k

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full-time

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About this role

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 App of the Day.


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.


This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.


We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and 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


  • Researching and implementing state-of-the-art in NLP and TTS or CV with a focus on image generation

  • Work on building the most human sounding AI speech model in the world


An Ideal Candidate Should Have


  • Experience with research and development in NLP or TTS or CV with a focus on image generation.

  • Experience in ML

  • Preferred:

    • Experience deploying NLP or TTS models to production at a large scale

    • Experience managing engineers and growing a research & development team

    • Experience programming in Python: Tensorflow and PyTorch frameworks specifically.




What We Offer



  • A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture

  • An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle

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

  • The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry

  • A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture


The United States Based Salary range for this role is: 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock 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.

Other facts

Tech stack
NLP,TTS,CV,Image Generation,Machine Learning,Python,Tensorflow,PyTorch

About Speechify

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 App of the Day.
Speechify also provides a voice over, voice cloning, and dubbing studio for businesses and creators and a text to speech API for developers. Through its products, Speechify is the largest provide of Speech AI in the world.

Cliff Weitzman founded Speechify to overcome his own dyslexia. Growing up, Cliff’s dad would read him Harry Potter because he couldn't do it himself. Cliff’s dad was his hero. But without reading, Cliff couldn't become the person he wanted to be. So, he learned to code and created Speechify to read books to himself.

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 Revolut, Stripe, and Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Programming languages across Speechify include React, Typescript, NodeJS, Kotlin, Python, and Go.
We’d love to meet you! Please apply here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/speechify.

Team size: 51-200 employees
Website: speechify.com
LinkedIn: Visit
Industry: Software Development
Founding Year: 2017

What you'll do

  • Research and implement state-of-the-art technologies in NLP, TTS, or CV with a focus on image generation. Build the most human-sounding AI speech model in the world.

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What does Speechify pay for a Applied AI Engineer & Researcher - Raleigh-Durham, USA?

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What does a Applied AI Engineer & Researcher - Raleigh-Durham, USA do at Speechify?

As a Applied AI Engineer & Researcher - Raleigh-Durham, USA at Speechify, you will: research and implement state-of-the-art technologies in NLP, TTS, or CV with a focus on image generation. Build the most human-sounding AI speech model in the world..

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