Tech Lead, Android Core Product

About the role

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support its growing user base and lead new projects for its text-to-speech application. This role involves strategic thinking, product decision-making, and building high-quality user experiences in a fast-paced, flat organization. The ideal candidate will contribute to a product that helps millions of people read more effectively.

Responsibilities

• Own major features and work closely with the design team to deliver high-quality results.
• Shape the future of the Android team.
• Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.
• Participate in cross-functional discussions across Product, Design, and Engineering.
• Review pull requests and support teammates.
• Handle critical issues and unexpected challenges.
• Manage feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team.

Required skills

• Kotlin
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Flow
• Dagger 2
• MVVM
• Clean Architecture
• Background Services
• Music Player Service
• Android Animations
• Jetpack Navigation
• JUnit

Nice to have

• Open source contribution
• iOS
• Web
• NodeJS

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Fast-growing environment
• Entrepreneurial team culture
• Hands-off management

About the Company

Speechify provides text-to-speech products that allow users to turn various formats into audio to improve reading efficiency. The company operates as a 100% distributed team of nearly 200 people globally.