Tech Lead, Android Core Product

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of significant features and collaborate closely with the design team to ensure the delivery of high-quality in-app functionalities.

• Help shape the future direction of the Android team.

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

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

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

• Address critical issues and navigate unexpected challenges.

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

• Assist the expanding Android user community and contribute to new initiatives aimed at advancing Speechify's text-to-speech offerings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• Knowledge of Android components.

• Experience in developing or contributing to at least one Android application.

• Intuition for product design and empathy for users.

• Motivation to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX.

• Awareness of the significance of testing and strategies for writing 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 testing.

• Exceptional communication abilities.

• A user-focused problem-solving mindset.

• Driven by continuous feedback from leadership.

• Experience in building, maintaining, or contributing to open-source Android projects (preferred but not required).

• Familiarity with iOS, Web, or NodeJS (preferred but not required).

🏝️ Benefits

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

• An entrepreneurial-minded team that embraces risk, intuition, and hard work.

• A management style that allows you to concentrate on delivering your best work.

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

• Competitive salary packages.

• A friendly and relaxed work atmosphere.

• A commitment to fostering an excellent asynchronous culture.

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

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

• Opportunity to engage in one of the fastest-growing sectors of technology—the convergence of artificial intelligence and audio.

• Bonus opportunities available.

• Stock options.