Android Core Product Tech Lead

Speechify; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to own major features, drive user-facing Android experiences, and shape the future of the Android team.

You will work closely with Design, Product, and other Engineering teams to deliver high-quality features, maintain reliability, and participate in code reviews and releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven experience building Android apps with Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and deliver high quality Android experiences.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Maintain reliability metrics for key features.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
• Drive feature releases and provide nightly builds for QA.

Skills

Excellent communication

Drive to push boundaries

Self-motivated

User-centric problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

Room

Custom Views

Jetpack Compose

JUnit

Job description

• With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we find the need for a Senior Android Engineer to help us support the new user base as well as work on new and exciting projects to push us forward
• 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
• Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible of delivering high quality features
• Shape the future of our Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
• Review pull requests, and support other teammates
• Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team
• Technologies we use: Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Jetpack Navigation, Dagger 2, Room, Custom Views (Canvas & Paint), Jetpack Compose, JUnit

Excellent communication skillsDrive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UXProduct design intuition and user empathySelf-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what’s outlined in the specDriven with continuous feedback from leaders5+ years of software engineering experienceUser oriented problem solving approachRock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit testsExperience building or contributing to at least one Android appFamiliarity with Android componentsUnderstanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing testsExperience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in AndroidExperience with iOS, Web or NodeJS