Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Albuquerque, USA

Speechify; Albuquerque (NM); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to enhance its leading text-to-speech app. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in software engineering, especially with Android, and demonstrates a passion for product design. This role involves significant ownership of app features and collaboration with design teams. The position offers a competitive salary range of $140,000-$200,000 USD/year, plus bonuses and stock options.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Friendly atmosphere

Opportunity to make a big impact

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app.
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX.

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team.
• Shape the future of our Android team.
• Participate in discussions across Product, Design, and Engineering.

Skills

Kotlin

Android components

User-oriented problem solving

Kotlin Coroutines

MVVM

Tools

Dagger 2

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit

Job description

Overview

With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we seek a Senior Android Engineer to support the expanding user base and work on new projects to push us forward. This is a key role for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and an obsession with winning are paramount. Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

What You’ll Do

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team—take ownership of features inside the app and deliver high-quality functionality
• Shape the future of our Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in discussions across Product, Design, and Engineering
• Review pull requests and support other teammates
• Handle critical issues or unexpected challenges
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• 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 beyond the spec
• Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
• User-oriented problem solving
• Driven with continuous feedback from leaders

Bonus

• Experience building, maintaining, or contributing to open-source Android projects
• Experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS

Technologies we use

• Kotlin
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Flow
• Jetpack Navigation
• Dagger 2
• Room
• Jetpack Compose
• JUnit

What We offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can shape the company and product
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off management approach to help you focus and perform your best
• Opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
• Competitive salaries, a friendly atmosphere, and a commitment to asynchronous collaboration
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions
• Build products that support people with learning differences
• Work in AI and audio at the intersection of tech

Salary: The United States Based salary range for this role is 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock, depending on experience

How to apply

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