Tech Lead, Android Core Product - West Lafayette, IN, USA

SpeechifyWest Lafayette, IN
Remote

About The Position

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support the growth of its Android app, which is the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store. This role is crucial for supporting the user base and developing new features. The ideal candidate is strategic, thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys making product decisions, and has experience building excellent user experiences. Speechify is a flat organization that values technical skills, consistent delivery, strong work ethic, clear communication, and a drive to win. The interview process is expedited, aiming for completion within one week.

Requirements

  • 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 them.
  • Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond specified requirements.
  • 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 approach.
  • Driven by continuous feedback from leaders.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android.
  • Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS.

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries
  • 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.
  • An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
  • A friendly and laid-back atmosphere.
  • 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.
  • Bonus
  • Stock
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