Senior Android Tech Lead — Core Product & UX

Speechify Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote-first culture

Flexible work hours

Opportunity to impact accessibility in

Asynchronous collaboration

Job summary

Speechify Inc. is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to own major features, shape the Android team's direction, and deliver high-quality user experiences across its Android ecosystem.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to plan, implement, and release features with robust reliability metrics. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of software development, deep Kotlin experience, and a strong test mindset.

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 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 deliver high quality features with design team
• Shape the future of the Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in cross-team discussions (Product, Design, Engineering)
• Review pull requests and support teammates
• Handle critical issues and unexpected challenges
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for QA

Skills

5+ years software experience

Android components

Android app development

Product design intuition

UI/UX emphasis

Testing mindset

Self-motivation

Tools

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Dagger 2

MVVM

Clean Architecture

Background Services

Music Player Service

Android Animations

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit tests

Job description

Speechify Inc. is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to own major features, shape the Android team's direction, and deliver high-quality user experiences across its Android ecosystem.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to plan, implement, and release features with robust reliability metrics. Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of software development, deep Kotlin experience, and a strong test mindset.