Tech Lead, Android Core Product

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

📋 Description

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

• 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 navigate unexpected challenges effectively.

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

• Participate in several technical interviews, aimed to be completed within one week.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Proficiency with Android components.

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

• An intuitive sense for product design and empathy for users.

• A passion for advancing the boundaries of Android UI/UX.

• A solid understanding of the significance of testing and an approach to writing tests.

• A proactive attitude towards enhancing the app and codebase beyond the specifications provided.

• Extensive experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, and JUnit tests.

• Strong communication skills.

• A user-oriented approach to problem-solving.

• A commitment to continuous improvement through feedback from leadership.

• Experience in building, maintaining, or contributing to open-source projects in Android (a bonus).

• Familiarity with iOS, Web, or NodeJS (a bonus).

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus.

• Stock options.

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

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

• A management style that allows you to focus and perform your best work.

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

• Competitive salary packages.

• A friendly and relaxed workplace atmosphere.

• A commitment to fostering a great asynchronous work culture.

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

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

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