Tech Lead, Android Core Product

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

📋 Description

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

• Influence the future direction of the Android team.

• Manage, maintain, 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 adapt to unexpected challenges.

• Take charge of feature releases and deliver nightly builds for the QA team.

• Support the expanding user base of the Android app and collaborate on new projects to enhance Speechify's offerings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• Familiarity with Android components.

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

• Intuition for product design and empathy for user needs.

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

• Comprehension of the significance of testing and methodologies for writing tests.

• A self-driven approach to improving the app and codebase beyond the specifications provided.

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

• Exceptional communication abilities.

• A user-centric problem-solving mindset.

• Motivation to incorporate continuous feedback from leadership.

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

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

🏝️ Benefits

• A rapidly growing environment where you can influence the company's direction and product development.

• A team with an entrepreneurial spirit that encourages risk-taking, intuition, and determination.

• A management approach that allows for autonomy so you can concentrate on delivering your best work.

• The chance to make a significant impact in a transformative industry.

• Competitive salaries, a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, and a dedication to fostering a strong asynchronous culture.

• The opportunity to work on a life-changing product that serves millions of users.

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

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

• Bonus: Stock options.