Senior Android Tech Lead – Core Product & UX

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fast-growing environment

Entrepreneurial-minded team

Hands-off management

Impactful product

Competitive salaries & culture

Life-changing product

Asynchronous work culture

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support its growing Android user base and work on exciting projects that push the product forward. You will own major features, collaborate with design, and help shape the direction of the Android team.

The role requires strong Kotlin skills, Android UI/UX sensibilities, and a focus on tests and maintainable code. This is a fully remote US-based position with a fast-paced, result-driven environment.

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 the importance of tests and how to write tests.
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the spec.
• Heavy Kotlin ecosystem experience: Kotlin, Coroutines, Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and collaborate with design to deliver high-quality features.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Own and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Participate across Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Handle critical issues and unexpected challenges.
• Release ownership and provide nightly builds for QA.

Skills

Kotlin

5+ years experience

Android components

Android app experience

UI/UX design mindset

Testing practices

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Dagger 2

MVVM

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit

Communication

Open to feedback

Tools

Android Studio

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support its growing Android user base and work on exciting projects that push the product forward. You will own major features, collaborate with design, and help shape the direction of the Android team.

The role requires strong Kotlin skills, Android UI/UX sensibilities, and a focus on tests and maintainable code. This is a fully remote US-based position with a fast-paced, result-driven environment.