Tech Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading text-to-speech application provider is seeking a Senior Android Engineer in Bend, Oregon. This role involves owning major features, collaborating with design teams, and shaping the future of the Android team. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering experience and expertise in Kotlin and Android components, focusing on delivering user-friendly applications. Join us to make a significant impact in a transformative industry that helps millions with learning differences.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Friendly and laid-back atmosphere

Opportunity to shape the company

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building or contributing to Android apps.
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above the outlined spec.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and work closely with our design team.
• Shape the future of our Android team.
• Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.

Skills

Kotlin

Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Flow

Android UI/UX

Excellent communication skills

User-oriented problem solving

Tools

Jetpack Navigation

Dagger 2

JUnit

Job description

Overview

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

Speechify’s mission 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, websites, and more into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s products include its iOS app, Android app, Mac app, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google named Speechify Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its Design award winner for inclusivity for 2025. Speechify is 100% distributed with nearly 200 people worldwide.

We are a 100% distributed organization with team members from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Stanford, Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and others. We welcome engineers, researchers, and others to contribute across frontend, backend, AI, and other areas.

What You’ll Do

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team — take ownership of features inside the app and be responsible for 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

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 the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests
• Self-drive to improve the app and codebase above and beyond what’s outlined in the spec
• Rock-solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
• Excellent communication skills
• User-oriented problem solving mindset
• Driven with continuous 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
• Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
• Jetpack Compose
• JUnit

What We offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help 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.
• An 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.
• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
• Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
• Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

Salary

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.

EEO

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.