Lead Android Core Product - Remote, Hands-on, Impactful

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

Job summary

Speechify is hiring a Team Lead for Android who will own core product work and shape how the team operates. You will code, review, and own features while guiding the group toward efficient decisions and reliable releases.

This is a hands-on leadership role within a 100% distributed team. You’ll collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver high‑quality audio/text-to-speech tools, with a focus on performance, test coverage, and user experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with hands‑on leadership
• Deep Kotlin and Android technical stack expertise
• Experience shipping audio/background services
• Strong testing approach and code quality discipline

Responsibilities

• Own major features end to end, from design to release.
• Review PRs and give constructive feedback.
• Unblock the team when blockers arise across tasks.
• Ensure reliable releases with automated checks and nightly builds.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to align constraints.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster growth within the team.

Skills

Team leadership

Kotlin

Android development

JUnit testing

Communication skills

Background audio apps

Tools

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Dagger 2

MVVM

Clean Architecture

Jetpack Navigation

Jetpack Compose

Room

Job description

Speechify is hiring a Team Lead for Android who will own core product work and shape how the team operates. You will code, review, and own features while guiding the group toward efficient decisions and reliable releases.

This is a hands-on leadership role within a 100% distributed team. You’ll collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver high‑quality audio/text-to-speech tools, with a focus on performance, test coverage, and user experience.