Senior Android Tech Lead - Remote, Impactful UX & Scale

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

Job summary

Speechify is a distributed, fast-growing tech company that turns reading into audio.

We’re seeking a Senior Android Engineer to own major features, shape the Android roadmap, and deliver high-quality experiences for our Android app across Kotlin, UI/UX, and testing.) The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering experience, deep Android knowledge, and a product‑driven approach to design and reliability.

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 beyond 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.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and deliver high quality features with design team.
• Shape the future of our 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 or unexpected challenges.
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for QA.

Skills

5+ years of software engineering

Android components familiarity

Product design intuition

User empathy

UI/UX mindset

Testing mindset

Self-drive

Open source experience (Android)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

Room

Custom Views

Jetpack Compose

JUnit

Job description

Speechify is a distributed, fast-growing tech company that turns reading into audio.

We’re seeking a Senior Android Engineer to own major features, shape the Android roadmap, and deliver high-quality experiences for our Android app across Kotlin, UI/UX, and testing.) The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering experience, deep Android knowledge, and a product‑driven approach to design and reliability.