Android Core Product Tech Lead

Speechify; Town of Newark (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify in Wisconsin is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to grow our Android app as the user base expands. You will own major features, collaborate with design, and deliver high-quality experiences that delight users.

You have 5+ years in software engineering, strong Kotlin, MVVM, and Jetpack Compose experience. You will drive decisions, review PRs, and guide releases with nightly builds for QA.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building or contributing to Android apps.
• Rock solid experience with Kotlin and MVVM.
• Experience with Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, Jetpack Compose.
• Experience with UI/UX and animations.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and deliver high quality features.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Shape the future of the Android team and maintain reliability metrics.
• Collaborate with Product and Design across teams.
• Take ownership of feature releases with nightly QA builds.

Skills

Kotlin

Android

MVVM

Jetpack Compose

Dagger 2

Room

Unit testing

UI/UX

Jetpack Navigation

Tools

Android Studio

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

5+ years of software engineering experienceFamiliarity with Android componentsExperience building or contributing to at least one Android appSelf-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what's outlined in the specRock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit testsDriven with continuous feedback from leadersDrive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UXUser oriented problem solving approachExcellent communication skillsUnderstanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing testsProduct design intuition and user empathyExperience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in AndroidExperience with iOS, Web or NodeJS