Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Eugene, USA

Speechify; Eugene (OR); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in Eugene, Oregon, is seeking a skilled Android Software Engineer to own major features and enhance the reliability of their app. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience, with strong skills in Kotlin and a passion for user-centered design. Join a team that values your contribution in a fast-growing environment, offering competitive salaries and flexible work culture.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Friendly atmosphere

Hands-off management

Impactful work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Kotlin and relevant Android technologies.
• User empathy and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Own major features in the Android app.
• Participate in product discussions and support teammates.
• Handle critical issues and improve reliability metrics.

Skills

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Product design intuition

Android UI/UX

User-oriented problem solving

Tools

Dagger 2

JUnit

Jetpack Navigation

Job description

Overview

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Speechify’s text-to-speech products turn PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio so users can read faster, read more, and remember more. Our products include the iOS app, Android app, Mac app, Chrome extension, and Web app. Speechify has been recognized with awards for design and inclusivity.

Today, nearly 200 people work in a 100% distributed setting. We hire frontend and backend engineers, AI researchers, and others from top companies and universities.

What You’ll Do

• Own major features and work closely with design to deliver high-quality features inside the Android 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
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
• Understanding of testing importance and testing approaches
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the spec
• Strong experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit
• User-oriented problem solving
• openness to feedback from leaders

Bonus

• Open source Android contributions
• 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 that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• Hands-off management to help you focus and do your best work
• Opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
• Competitive salaries, friendly atmosphere, and an asynchronous culture
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions
• Products that support people with learning differences
• Work in a fast-growing intersection of artificial intelligence and audio

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

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