Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Montgomery, USA

Speechify; Town of Texas (WI); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support their growing Android app. This role involves owning features and collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality outcomes. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software engineering, specifically with Kotlin, and an understanding of Android’s UI/UX principles. Competitive salaries range from $140,000 to $200,000 per year, plus bonuses.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Hands-off management approach

Opportunity to work on a life-changing product

Friendly atmosphere

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.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and collaborate with design to deliver high-quality features.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Handle critical issues and adapt to unexpected challenges.

Skills

Strong experience with Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Dagger 2

MVVM

Clean Architecture

User-centered problem solving

Testing methodologies

Tools

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit

Room

Jetpack Compose

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 growing user base and work on new projects to push us forward. We are a flat organization that values leadership shown through excellent technical skills and delivering results quickly. Strong work ethic, clear communication, and a focus on winning are paramount.

Speechify is a 100% distributed company with no office, employing teams globally to build text-to-speech products across iOS, Android, Mac, Chrome Extension, and Web.

What You’ll Do

• Own major features and collaborate with design to deliver high-quality features inside the Android app
• Shape the future of the Android team
• Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in cross-team discussions with Product, Design, and Engineering
• Review pull requests and support teammates
• Handle critical issues and adapt to 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 and approach to writing tests
• Self-driven 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-centered problem solving
• openness to feedback from leaders

Bonus

• Experience 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 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
• Opportunity to make a big impact in a transforming industry
• Competitive salaries, a friendly atmosphere, and a strong asynchronous culture
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions
• Work on products that support people with learning differences (e.g., dyslexia, ADD, low vision, autism, and more)
• Work in a fast-growing sector at the intersection of AI 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

Think you’re a good fit for this job? Tell us about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

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.