Remote Lead, Android Core Product Engineer

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

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a hands-on Team Lead to own core product work for our Android app stack and related platforms. You will write and review code, own features end-to-end, and shape how the team collaborates to deliver reliable releases in a fully distributed, remote environment.

You’ll work across frontend and backend areas, ensuring fast delivery while maintaining quality and consistency. This role emphasizes leadership, technical excellence, and the ability to unblock the team when needed.

Responsibilities

• Own major features end to end, from decision through to release.
• Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback.
• Unblock the team when someone is stuck and take a hands-on role.
• Decide when a built feature should become the team standard and shepherd the change.
• Keep shared components well-tested and understandable for others to pick up.
• Lead changes when the team needs to adapt, rather than waiting for it to happen.
• Reduce manual intervention to get a correct release out.
• Address recurring problems by changing underlying setup to prevent repeats.
• Shift verification left by increasing automated checks.

Job description

Speechify is seeking a hands-on Team Lead to own core product work for our Android app stack and related platforms. You will write and review code, own features end-to-end, and shape how the team collaborates to deliver reliable releases in a fully distributed, remote environment.

You’ll work across frontend and backend areas, ensuring fast delivery while maintaining quality and consistency. This role emphasizes leadership, technical excellence, and the ability to unblock the team when needed.