Tech Lead (Android Core Product)

Speechify; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to lead major features, improve UX, and drive high-quality releases for our growing Android app in production.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborate with design and product, and ensure reliability metrics for core experiences. Strong Kotlin, MVVM/Clean Architecture, and testing discipline are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX.
• Rock solid experience with Kotlin and Android architecture.
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork.
• Experience building or contributing to Android apps.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and deliver high quality releases.
• Shape the future of the Android team and collaborate with design.
• Maintain reliability metrics for key features.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Handle critical issues and nightly builds for QA.

Skills

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

Room

Custom Views

Canvas & Paint

Jetpack Compose

JUnit

Job description

• With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we find the need for a Senior Android Engineer to help us support the new user base as well as work on new and exciting projects to push us forward
• This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users
• We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount
• Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible of delivering high quality features
• Shape the future of our Android team
• Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
• Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
• Review pull requests, and support other teammates
• Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges
• Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team
• Technologies we use:
• Kotlin
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Flow
• Jetpack Navigation
• Dagger 2
• Room
• Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
• Jetpack Compose
• JUnit

5+ years of software engineering experienceDrive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UXProduct design intuition and user empathySelf-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what’s outlined in the specRock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit testsExcellent communication skillsDriven with continuous feedback from leadersExperience building or contributing to at least one Android appFamiliarity with Android componentsUnderstanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing testsUser oriented problem solving approachExperience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in AndroidExperience with iOS, Web or NodeJS