Tech Lead — Android Core Product

Speechify; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Stock options

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Tech Lead for Android who will own major features end to end, work closely with design, and ensure reliable delivery of high‑quality audio experiences. You will review code, mentor teammates, and drive architectural decisions to accelerate impact across our Android app ecosystem.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software engineering, deep Kotlin and Android experience, and a track record of delivering complex features, including background services and UI/UX polish.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including time leading a team or owning a major surface while staying hands-on.
• Rock solid Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android animations, Jetpack Navigation, and JUnit tests.
• Experience shipping and maintaining background audio or other long-running background work.
• Understanding the importance of tests and how to approach writing them.
• A track record of delivering widely used tooling or features.

Responsibilities

• Own major features end to end, from design through release, in collaboration with the design team.
• Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback.
• Unblock the team and resolve blockers quickly.
• Ensure code quality is maintainable and well-documented.
• Drive changes and improvements with measurable impact.
• Contribute to discussions across Product, Design, and Engineering early.

Skills

Team leadership

Hands-on coding

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Dagger 2

MVVM

Clean Architecture

Background Services

Music Player Service

Android animations

Jetpack Navigation

JUnit

Job description

Speechify is seeking a Tech Lead for Android who will own major features end to end, work closely with design, and ensure reliable delivery of high‑quality audio experiences. You will review code, mentor teammates, and drive architectural decisions to accelerate impact across our Android app ecosystem.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software engineering, deep Kotlin and Android experience, and a track record of delivering complex features, including background services and UI/UX polish.