Senior Android Tech Lead — Core Product & UX

Speechify

United States

Remote

USD 110,000 - 180,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support the growing Android user base across mobile platforms. You will own major features inside the Android app, collaborate with design to deliver high-quality experiences, and help shape the future of the Android team in a distributed company with no central office.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, fast-paced execution, and a strong focus on UI/UX and testing.

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 above and beyond what's outlined in the spec.
Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests.
Excellent communication skills.
User oriented problem solving approach.
Driven with continuous feedback from leaders.

Responsibilities

Own major features and work closely with design to deliver high-quality features.
Shape the future of the 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 provide nightly builds for QA.