Lead Android Core Product Engineer (Hands-On)

AI Chopping Block, Inc.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Team Lead for Android Core Product in a fully distributed, remote-friendly environment. You will own major features end to end, review code, and drive reliable releases while mentoring engineers and shaping how the team collaborates with design and product. Strong Kotlin and Android experience are essential.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, leadership, and delivering impactful mobile experiences for millions of users across platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering with leadership or ownership of major features.
• Strong Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture.
• Experience shipping and maintaining background audio or long-running background work.
• Ability to drive process improvements and mentor teammates.
• Proven track record delivering features used by others.

Responsibilities

• Own major features end to end from decision through release with design input.
• Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Review pull requests and give constructive feedback beyond approval.
• Unblock the team and resolve duplicated work efficiently.
• Lead planning and cross-functional discussions with Product & Design.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and support their learning.

Skills

Team leadership

Android development

Kotlin expertise

Code reviews

Mentoring

Tools

Dagger 2

JUnit

Jetpack components

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Team Lead for Android Core Product in a fully distributed, remote-friendly environment. You will own major features end to end, review code, and drive reliable releases while mentoring engineers and shaping how the team collaborates with design and product. Strong Kotlin and Android experience are essential.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, leadership, and delivering impactful mobile experiences for millions of users across platforms.