Tech Lead, Android Core Product

About the role

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support the growth of its text-to-speech application and lead new projects. This role involves strategic thinking, product decision-making, and building high-quality user experiences in a fast-paced, flat organization.

Responsibilities

• Owning major features and working closely with the design team to deliver high-quality results.
• Shaping the future of the Android team.
• Owning, maintaining, and improving reliability metrics for key features.
• Participating in cross-functional discussions across Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
• Reviewing pull requests and supporting teammates.
• Handling critical issues and coping with unexpected challenges.
• Taking ownership of feature releases and providing 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

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Fast-growing environment
• Entrepreneurial team culture

About the Company

Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use its text-to-speech products to convert various formats into audio, and the company operates as a 100% distributed team.