Remote Tech Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Stock options

Distributed team

Job summary

Speechify in Cary, NC, is seeking a Tech Lead for Android Core to own major features, guide the Android team, and deliver high-quality experiences for millions of users. You’ll work closely with design and product to shape the app and prioritize user-centric decisions in a fast-paced, distributed environment.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, strong communication, and a track record of shipping with Kotlin and modern Android architecture.

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 write them.
• Self-driven to improve the app and codebase.

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and delivering high quality features.
• Shape the future of our Android team.
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Participate in discussions across Product, Design, Engineering.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Handle critical issues or unexpected challenges.
• Take ownership of feature releases and nightly builds.

Skills

5+ years exp

Android components

Android app dev

Product design intuition

Android UI/UX drive

Testing discipline

Self-motivation

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Dagger 2

MVVM

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit tests

UI/UX

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Room

Android Animations

Job description

Speechify in Cary, NC, is seeking a Tech Lead for Android Core to own major features, guide the Android team, and deliver high-quality experiences for millions of users. You’ll work closely with design and product to shape the app and prioritize user-centric decisions in a fast-paced, distributed environment.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, strong communication, and a track record of shipping with Kotlin and modern Android architecture.