Tech Lead – Android Core Product

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of significant features within the Android application and collaborate closely with the design team to deliver top-notch functionalities.

• Influence the 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 team members.

• Address critical issues and tackle unforeseen challenges.

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

• Participate in multiple technical interviews, aiming for completion within one week.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Familiarity with Android components.

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

• Intuition for product design and an understanding of user needs.

• A passion for enhancing the Android UI/UX experience.

• Knowledge of the significance of tests and strategies for writing them.

• Proactive in enhancing 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.

• Exceptional communication skills.

• A user-focused approach to problem-solving.

• Motivated by continuous feedback from leadership.

• Portfolio and LinkedIn links requested as part of the application process.

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

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

🏝️ Benefits

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

• An entrepreneurial team that encourages risk-taking, intuition, and hard work.

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

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

• Competitive salaries, a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere, and a commitment to fostering a great asynchronous culture.

• Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of users rely on.

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

• Operate within one of the fastest-growing sectors of technology, focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.

• Fully distributed work environment with no physical office.

• Flexible asynchronous work culture.