Tech Lead (Android Core Product)

Speechify; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify Inc. in Dublin is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to drive major features of our Android app.

You will own end-to-end delivery, collaborate with design, and help shape the roadmap as we scale to a larger user base. You will work with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, Jetpack Compose, and other modern Android technologies, implement robust tests, and mentor teammates while maintaining high-quality releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Kotlin and Android architecture knowledge; MVVM, Clean Architecture, testing with JUnit.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Android experience

Leadership potential

Strategic thinking

User-centric design

Testing mindset

Open source contribution

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

Room

Custom Views

Canvas & Paint

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

• 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
• JetpackNavigation
• Dagger 2
• Room
• Custom Views
• Canvas & Paint
• Jetpack Compose & JUnit

Driven with continuous feedback from leadersDrive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UXSelf-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what’s outlined in the specUnderstanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests5+ years of software engineering experienceRock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit testsExcellent communication skillsExperience building or contributing to at least one Android appFamiliarity with Android componentsProduct design intuition and user empathyUser oriented problem solving approachExperience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in AndroidExperience with iOS, Web or NodeJS