Senior Software Engineer, AI Model Serving - Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds, United Kingdom

Applied Intuition Inc.; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company focusing on AI is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their infrastructure for voice cloning and text-to-speech. The ideal candidate should have experience with GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes. This role offers an innovative environment that values contributions and creativity, with competitive compensation. Strong communication and work ethic are essential.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Autonomy

Diverse workplace

Qualifications

• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of other cloud providers.
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation.
• Proficiency in deploying high availability applications.

Responsibilities

• Build state of the art voice cloning functionalities.
• Create low latency and cost-effective text to speech solutions.

Skills

Experience with GCP

Knowledge of AWS or Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Deploying NLP or TTS models

Job description

Overview

As Speechify expands, our AI team seeks a Senior Backend Engineer. This role is central to ensuring our infrastructure scales efficiently, optimizing key product flows, and constructing resilient end-to-end systems. If you are passionate about strategizing, enjoy high-paced environments, and are eager to take ownership of product decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

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

• State of the art voice cloning
• Low latency and cost effective text to speech

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers.
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes.
• Preferred: Experience deploying NLP or TTS 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 a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture.
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more.
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain.

How to Apply

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Equal Opportunity

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.