Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Stamford, CT, USA
About The Position
Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join their fully distributed team. With over 50 million users, Speechify's text-to-speech products are transforming how people read and learn. This role is crucial for supporting the growing Android user base and driving new projects. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, thrives in fast-paced environments, is passionate about product decisions, and has a proven track record of building exceptional user experiences. Speechify operates as a flat organization where technical expertise and consistent delivery lead to leadership opportunities. A strong work ethic, solid communication skills, and a drive to win are essential. The company aims to complete its interview process, which includes several technical interviews, 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 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 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
- 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.
- Competitive salaries.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
