Team Lead, Android Core Product

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of significant features from inception to launch, collaborating closely with the design team throughout the process.

• Manage, enhance, and uphold reliability metrics for essential features.

• Evaluate pull requests and offer constructive feedback.

• Assist team members by troubleshooting and resolving issues.

• Identify common solutions and streamline redundant implementations.

• Ensure the maintenance of tested, clear, and reusable shared components.

• Initiate changes to team processes as necessary.

• Minimize the manual effort needed for successful releases.

• Tackle recurring issues by modifying foundational systems.

• Implement early verification and broaden automated checks.

• Oversee planning and prioritize tasks that require decision-making.

• Establish review criteria and approval workflows.

• Engage in discussions related to Product, Design, and Engineering.

• Manage critical issues, take ownership of feature releases, and deliver nightly builds for QA.

• Mentor early-career team members by providing learning opportunities.

• Write and review code while actively managing features.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering, with a background in leading a team or taking ownership of a major project while remaining hands-on.

• Strong expertise in Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android animations, Jetpack Navigation, and JUnit tests.

• Experience in shipping and maintaining background audio or similar long-running background processes.

• Understanding the significance of tests and the approach to writing them, including limitations.

• An example of an initiative you implemented within a team that continued after your involvement ended, along with an honest reflection on the effort required for that outcome.

• Some familiarity with the less popular aspects of the role: persuading individuals to alter their workflows and managing the resulting friction.

• An informed perspective on which changes warrant extensive review and which do not, based on the system's functionality.

• A proven record of developing tools that your team actively utilized, rather than just those that enhanced your own productivity.

• The capability to articulate how your team collaborates with AI agents, not solely your personal experiences.

• A strong intuition for product design, user empathy, and the ambition to elevate Android UI/UX beyond the specifications.

• A self-motivated approach to enhancing the app and codebase beyond the outlined specifications.

• Outstanding communication abilities.

• Completion of several technical interviews and an assessment on an actual codebase.

• Links to your portfolio and LinkedIn profile.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus opportunities.

• Stock options.

• A diverse and inclusive workplace.