Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Winston-Salem, USA

Speechify; Winston-Salem (NC); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Winston-Salem is seeking a Software Engineer for its Android Core Product team. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience and a strong proficiency in Kotlin and Android app development. This role offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 to $200,000 per year, along with a bonus and stock options, in a 100% remote work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Flexible working environment

Focus on asynchronous culture

Opportunity to impact transformative solutions

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Familiarity with Android components and experience building at least one Android app.
• Product design intuition and user empathy.
• Understanding of testing and how to write tests.
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and collaborate with design.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Own and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Participate in cross-team discussions.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.

Skills

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Dagger 2

MVVM

Clean Architecture

Background Services

Android Animations

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit tests

Job description

Overview

Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Winston-Salem, USA

Winston-Salem, USA

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, websites, and more into audio to help people read faster, read more, and remember more. Our Android app is a core part of this offering, and we are growing the team to support this user base and tackle new projects.

Speechify operates with a 100% distributed workforce and a flat organization where leadership is earned through technical excellence and results. We value strong communication, work ethic, and a drive to win.

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

What You’ll Do

• Own major features and collaborate with design to deliver high-quality Android experiences.
• Shape the future of our 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 respond 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; drive to push Android UI/UX boundaries.
• Understanding of testing and how to write 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, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, and JUnit tests.
• User-oriented problem solving and openness to 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 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 transformative industry.
• Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
• Opportunities to work on a life-changing product used by millions.
• Products that directly support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in the intersection of AI and audio, a fast-growing tech sector.

Salary

The United States Based salary range for this role is: 140,000-200,000 USD/year + bonus + stock, depending on experience.

What to Expect in the Application Process

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We do 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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