Tech Lead – Android Core Product

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of significant features while collaborating closely with the design team; assume responsibility for delivering high-quality features within the app.

• Influence the future direction of the Android team.

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

• Engage in discussions with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.

• Review pull requests and provide support to fellow team members.

• Address critical issues and navigate unforeseen challenges.

• Oversee feature releases and supply nightly builds for the QA team.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• Familiarity with Android components.

• Proven experience in building or contributing to at least one Android application.

• Intuition in product design and empathy for users.

• A drive to push the limits of Android UI/UX.

• Understanding the significance of testing and approaches for writing effective tests.

• Self-motivation to enhance the app and codebase beyond the specifications provided.

• 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.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• A user-oriented approach to problem-solving.

• Motivated by continuous feedback from leadership.

• Bonus: Experience in building, maintaining, or contributing to open-source Android projects.

• Bonus: Familiarity with iOS, Web, or NodeJS.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus.

• Stock options.

• A rapidly growing environment where you can influence the company and product.

• A team with an entrepreneurial mindset that encourages risk-taking, intuition, and effort.

• A management style that is hands-off, allowing you to concentrate on delivering your best work.

• An opportunity to create a significant impact in a transformative industry.

• Competitive salary packages.

• A friendly and relaxed working atmosphere.

• A commitment to fostering an excellent asynchronous culture.

• The chance to work on a life-changing product utilized by millions.

• Develop products that directly affect and support individuals with learning differences such as dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.

• Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of technology, specifically at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

• Fully remote work environment; Speechify operates without a physical office.