Senior Software Engineer, AI Model serving - Vitória, Brazil

Role Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer for AI Model Serving at Speechify, based in Vitória, Brazil, you will design, implement, and maintain scalable inference services that power Speechify's AI-enabled reading features. You will collaborate with ML researchers and platform engineers to bring models from research to production with reliability and low latency.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement backend services for model serving (Python, Go), REST and gRPC APIs, and data pipelines.
• Deploy, monitor, and optimize production ML models and inference workloads.
• Design and maintain scalable, containerized infrastructure using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Collaborate with ML researchers to understand model requirements and performance targets.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and reliability improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices for software quality and security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with ML model serving systems (TensorFlow Serving, TorchServe, Triton) and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Python; familiarity with Go/Java/Scala.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, monitoring and tracing (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
• Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Speechify's domain or text-to-speech/NLP.
• Knowledge of data privacy and security best practices.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation; salaries are presented in thousands of USD.
• On-site role in Vitória with opportunities for hybrid arrangements.
• Collaborative, mission-driven environment focused on impactful AI technology.