Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Delhi, India

TheCodingShef; Delhi; Remote; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify in Delhi is seeking a Tech Lead, Android Core Product to own major features, shape the Android team, and improve app reliability. You will collaborate with the design team to deliver high-quality features and drive product decisions for a fast-paced, distributed organization.

You will lead the Android effort, ensure robust testing, and contribute to releases with continuous delivery practices. A strong design sense and passion for great user experiences are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Familiarity with Android components and architecture
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app
• Product design intuition and user empathy
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
• Understanding of test approaches and how to write tests
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the spec

Responsibilities

• Own major features and collaborate with design to deliver high-quality features
• Shape the future of the Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in cross-team discussions (Product, Design, Engineering)
• Review pull requests and mentor teammates
• Handle critical issues and on-call challenges
• Own feature releases and provide nightly builds for QA

Skills

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

MVVM

Clean Architecture

UI Animations

Jetpack Navigation

Unit Testing

Product design intuition

Tools

Dagger 2

Room

Custom Views

Canvas & Paint

Jetpack Compose

JUnit

Job description

# Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Delhi, IndiaspeechifyDelhiLead / StaffPosted todayApply on employer siteYou apply on the employer's own page. Never pay to apply for a job.## About the roleKotlinJetpack ComposeCoroutines & FlowHilt / DaggerMVVM / Clean ArchitectureTestingThe mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its Design award winner for inclusivity for 2025.Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.\\*Overview\\*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.Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.\\*What Yo\\* \\*u’\\* \\*ll Do\\*\\* 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\\*An Ideal Candidate Should Have\\*\\* 5+ years of software engineering experience\\* Familiarity with Android components\\* Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app\\* Product design intuition and user empathy\\* Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX\\* Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests\\* Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what's outlined in the spec\\* Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests\\* Excellent communication skills\\* User oriented problem solving approach\\* Driven with continuous feedback from leaders\\*Bonus:\\*\\* Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android\\* Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS\\*Technologies we use:\\*\\* Kotlin\\* Kotlin Coroutines\\* Kotlin Flow\\* Jetpack Navigation\\* Dagger 2\\* Room\\* Custom Views, Canvas & Paint\\* Jetpack Compose\\* JUnit\\*What We offer\\* :\\* A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.\\* An entrepreneurial-mind...