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 product decision-making and building high-quality user experiences in a fast-paced, flat organizational structure. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong technical skills, excellent communication, and a drive to deliver results.

Responsibilities

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

Required skills

• Android
• 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
• Entrepreneurial environment
• Hands-off management

About the Company

Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning, with over 50 million people using its text-to-speech products. The company is a flat organization that values work ethic, communication, and a winning mindset.