Lead Android Core Product — Remote, Hands-On

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Stock options

Job summary

Speechify seeks a hands-on Team Lead for Android to own core product work and drive delivery across features. You’ll code, review, and own end-to-end solutions while guiding the team to avoid duplicated effort and align on the best approach.

The role requires strong Kotlin expertise, leadership experience, and a passion for reliable, high-quality apps. Remote-first environment with competitive compensation and equity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on leadership.
• Strong Kotlin, Android architecture, and Android UI background.
• Experience shipping audio-focused or long-running background work.
• Solid testing mindset and ability to improve test coverage.
• Proven ability to drive team processes and reduce friction.

Responsibilities

• Own major Android features end-to-end from design to release.
• Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Review pull requests with constructive feedback.
• Unblock the team and unify versions used by the team.
• Lead planning, assess review effort, and coordinate with Product/Design/Engineering.

Skills

Team leadership

Kotlin / Android

Background audio

Testing strategy

Change management

AI integration

Product design intuition

Communication

Tools

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

Room

Jetpack Compose

JUnit

Job description

Speechify seeks a hands-on Team Lead for Android to own core product work and drive delivery across features. You’ll code, review, and own end-to-end solutions while guiding the team to avoid duplicated effort and align on the best approach.

The role requires strong Kotlin expertise, leadership experience, and a passion for reliable, high-quality apps. Remote-first environment with competitive compensation and equity.