Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Richmond, VA, USA

SpeechifyRichmond, VA
Remote

About The Position

Speechify is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to join their fully distributed team. The company's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning, with over 50 million users benefiting from their text-to-speech products. This role is crucial for supporting the growing Android user base and developing new features for the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store. 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 excellent user experiences. Speechify operates as a flat organization where strong technical skills and consistent delivery lead to leadership opportunities. The company values work ethic, solid 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 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

  • Competitive salaries
  • Friendly and laid-back atmosphere
  • Commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
  • Opportunity to work on a life-changing product
  • Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences
  • Work in a fast-growing sector of tech (AI and audio)
  • Bonus
  • Stock
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