Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Palo Alto, CA, USA

Speechify•Palo Alto, CA

21h•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 ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences. Speechify operates in a 100% distributed setting with no offices and is committed to making reading accessible for everyone. The company has a flat organization where individuals can become leaders through excellent technical skills and consistent delivery. The interview process is designed to be completed within one week and involves several technical interviews.

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

Benefits

Competitive salaries
Bonus
Stock
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.
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.
Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.