Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Davenport, USA

Speechify; Davenport (IA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company specializing in assistive technology seeks a Senior Android Engineer based in Davenport, USA. You will shape the Android core product, work with a distributed team, and contribute to meaningful work supporting individuals with learning differences. Requires strong Kotlin skills and building Android apps experience. Competitive salary of $140,000–$200,000 per year along with bonuses.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Hands-off management

Opportunity to make a big impact

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app.
• Strong Kotlin experience: Kotlin, Coroutines, Flow.

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and collaborating with design to deliver quality.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features.

Skills

Software engineering

Android components

Kotlin

Product design intuition

User-oriented problem solving

Tools

Kotlin Coroutines

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

JUnit

Job description

Overview

Senior Android Engineer position for Speechify's Android core product based in Davenport, USA. Speechify’s mission is to ensure reading is not a barrier to learning. Our Android app is a key growth area with a strong user base in the Google Play Store.

Speechify operates in a 100% distributed setting with a flat organization. We value strategic thinking, fast-paced execution, strong technical skills, and a focus on delivering high-quality user experiences.

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.

What You’ll Do

• Owning major features and collaborating with design to deliver high-quality features inside the app
• 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 teammates
• Handle critical issues and unexpected challenges
• Take ownership of 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
• Desire to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
• Understanding of testing importance and testing strategies
• Self-driven to improve the app and codebase beyond the spec
• Strong Kotlin experience: Kotlin, Coroutines, Flow; familiarity with Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit
• User-oriented problem solving
• Ability to receive continuous feedback from leaders

Bonus

• Open source contributions 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

• Fast-growing environment to shape the company and product
• Entrepreneurial-minded team with support for risk, intuition, and hustle
• Hands-off management to help you focus
• Opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
• Competitive salaries, friendly atmosphere, and a strong asynchronous culture
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions
• Impactful work supporting people with learning differences (e.g., dyslexia, ADD, low vision, autism, etc.)
• Work in AI and audio intersection within tech

United States Based Salary range: 140,000–200,000 USD/year + bonus + stock, depending on experience

How to Apply

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Speechify is an equal opportunity employer. Public and voluntary self-identification sections follow for compliance purposes and do not affect hiring decisions.