Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Pomona, USA

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

Job summary

A leading tech company in California is seeking a Software Engineer for Android development. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and strong skills in Kotlin. You will own and deliver major features and contribute to product decisions in a fast-paced remote environment. This role offers competitive salary and the opportunity to work on a transformative product used by millions.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Friendly atmosphere

Strong asynchronous culture

Impactful work in a transformative industry

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app.
• Strong Kotlin expertise with various Android development frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and collaborate with design to deliver high-quality Android features.
• Shape the future of the Android team and contribute to product decisions.
• Participate in cross-team discussions (Product, Design, Engineering).

Skills

Kotlin expertise

User empathy

Self-driven problem solving

Experience with Android components

Tools

Kotlin Coroutines

Dagger 2

JUnit

Job description

Overview

Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Pomona, USA. Speechify’s mission is to ensure reading is not a barrier to learning. Our text-to-speech products help users turn PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio, enabling faster reading, more reading, and better retention. We offer an iOS app, Android app, Mac app, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Speechify is distributed (no office) with a diverse team spanning global locations.

This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically, thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys making product decisions, and has experience building compelling user experiences in Android.

We are a flat organization where leadership can emerge from strong technical skills and consistent, fast results. Strong work ethic, clear communication, and a results-driven mindset are valued. Our interview process involves several technical interviews and is typically completed within 1 week.

What You’ll Do

• Own major features and collaborate with design to deliver high-quality Android features.
• Shape the future of our Android team and contribute to product decisions.
• Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Participate in cross-team discussions (Product, Design, Engineering).
• Review pull requests and support team members.
• 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 and experience building or contributing to at least one Android app.
• Product design intuition and user empathy; ability to push Android UI/UX boundaries.
• Understanding of testing and approaches to writing tests.
• Self-driven to improve the app and codebase beyond the stated spec.
• Strong Kotlin expertise (Kotlin, Coroutines, Flow), Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit.
• User-centered problem solving and openness to continuous feedback from leaders.

Bonus

• Open source Android contributions or maintenance experience.
• 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 style to enable focus and high performance.
• Opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly atmosphere, and a strong asynchronous culture.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product used by millions, supporting people with learning differences.
• Work in the intersection of AI and audio in a fast-growing sector.

Salary: United States-based range for this role is 140,000-200,000 USD per year plus bonus and stock, depending on experience.

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and 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.