Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Baltimore, USA

Speechify; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading text-to-speech technology company is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to develop features and collaborate with design and product teams. You will own major Android features and enhance reliability metrics. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and strong skills in Kotlin, user empathy, and Android UI/UX design. Join us to make a significant impact on a product used by millions, offering a competitive salary and a unique work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible work environment

Opportunity to work on transformative products

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Familiarity with Android components.
• Experience building or contributing to an Android app.

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and working closely with design.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Review PRs and support teammates.

Skills

Kotlin

Android UI/UX

Problem solving

User empathy

Kotlin Coroutines

Background Services

Tools

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit

Dagger 2

Job description

Overview

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Speechify has received recognition from Google as Chrome Extension of the Year and from Apple for inclusivity in 2025. Speechify operates in a 100% distributed setting with around 200 people globally, including frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and professionals from leading tech companies and academia.

What You’ll Do

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

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and working closely with design to deliver high quality features
• Shape the future of the Android team
• Own and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Collaborate across Product, Design, and Engineering
• Review PRs and support teammates
• Address critical issues and adapt to unexpected challenges
• Own feature releases and provide nightly builds for QA

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, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
• User oriented problem solving approach
• Willingness to receive continuous feedback from leaders

Bonus

• Experience building, maintaining, or contributing to open source projects in Android
• 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 help shape the company and product
• An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work
• An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions
• Build products that directly support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more
• Work in AI and audio at the intersection of fast-growing tech sectors

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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Speechify is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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