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Speechify · 19 hours ago

Applied AI Engineer & Researcher - Austin, USA

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$140K/yr - $200K/yr

Speechify is a company dedicated to eliminating barriers to learning through its innovative text-to-speech products. The Applied AI Engineer & Researcher will focus on researching and implementing advanced techniques in NLP and TTS, with the goal of developing a human-like AI speech model.

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

NLPTTSMLPythonTensorflowPyTorchResearch & developmentTeam management

Required

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

Benefits

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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
A commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

Company

Speechify

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Speechify is a mobile and desktop app that allows people with dyslexia and low vision to read out using text to speech voice.
dateFounded in 2017
location
Miami, Florida, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://speechify.com

H1B Sponsorship

Speechify has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (4)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2020-01-01Seed
2017-02-22Seed

Leadership Team

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Cliff Weitzman
Founder CEO
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Recent News

9to5mac
New Speechify Mac app lets you write 5 times faster by using your voice
2025-12-17
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Exclusive / Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes
2025-12-12
TechCrunch
Speechify adds voice typing and voice assistant to its Chrome extension
2025-11-25
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