Android Tech Lead: Core Product & User Experience

Speechify; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Stock options

Remote-friendly culture

Asynchronous culture

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join a fast-growing, fully distributed team. You will own major Android features, collaborate with Product and Design, and drive the app’s reliability and user experience across platforms.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, fast-paced execution, and delivering results with solid communication skills. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of software engineering, strong Kotlin skills, and a track record building Android apps.

Qualifications

• 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 tests and how to approach writing tests.
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the spec.
• Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and work with design to deliver high quality features.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Own and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Participate with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Handle critical issues and unexpected challenges.
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for QA.

Skills

5+ years experience

Android components

Android app development

Product design empathy

Android UI/UX

Testing practices

Self-motivation

Kotlin & Android stack

Tools

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

Room

Custom Views Canvas & Paint

Jetpack Compose

JUnit

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join a fast-growing, fully distributed team. You will own major Android features, collaborate with Product and Design, and drive the app’s reliability and user experience across platforms.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, fast-paced execution, and delivering results with solid communication skills. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of software engineering, strong Kotlin skills, and a track record building Android apps.