Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Rochester, USA

Speechify; City of Rochester (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Senior Android Engineer in Rochester to support the rapid growth of their Android app used by millions. This role offers ownership of major features and collaboration with design teams. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong background in Kotlin and Android components. Competitive salary and remote work options are provided.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Friendly and laid-back culture

Opportunity to make a big impact

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with Kotlin, Coroutines, and Flow.
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and deliver high-quality features.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Participate in cross-team discussions.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Familiarity with Android components

Building Android apps

Kotlin expertise

User-centered problem solving

Tools

Kotlin

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit

Job description

Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Rochester, USA

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 reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google named Speechify Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple recognized Speechify with its Design award for inclusivity for 2025.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting. Teams include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from leading tech companies and universities.

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 contribute to new projects that push us forward.

This is a key role for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users. We are a flat organization that rewards leadership through technical excellence and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, clear communication, and a passion for winning are paramount.

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

What You’ll Do

• Own major features and work closely with design to deliver high-quality features
• Shape the future of our Android team
• Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in cross-team discussions (Product, Design, 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 and testing strategies
• 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-centered problem solving
• Ability to receive and act on continuous feedback

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

• A fast-growing environment where you can shape the company and product
• An entrepreneurial team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off management approach to help you focus and do your best work
• Opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back culture, and a strong asynchronous work environment
• Work on a life-changing product used by millions
• Products that support people with learning differences
• Work in the fast-growing intersection of AI and audio

Compensation

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 more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

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.

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