Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Fremont, USA

Speechify; Fremont (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading text-to-speech technology company in the U.S. seeks an Android Engineer with over 5 years of experience in software development. You will shape the Android app and collaborate closely with design teams. The role includes maintaining reliability metrics, handling issues, and releasing features. Competitive salary range is $140,000-$200,000 annually plus bonuses and stock options. This position offers an opportunity to work on impactful products for diverse users.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Laid-back atmosphere

Opportunity to impact

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app.
• Rock solid experience with Kotlin and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and collaborating with the design team.
• Maintaining and improving reliability metrics for key features.
• Handling critical issues or unexpected challenges.

Skills

Kotlin

Android components

Product design intuition

Android UI/UX improvement

User oriented problem solving

Tools

Dagger 2

JUnit

Room

Jetpack Compose

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, and websites into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its Design award winner for inclusivity for 2025. Speechify is 100% distributed with no office, and approximately 200 people collaborate globally across frontend and backend engineering, AI research, and other disciplines.

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team – take ownership of features inside the app and deliver high quality features
• 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

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 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
• Driven with 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 that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

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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Equal 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.