Team Lead, Android Core Product

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. Own major Android features end to end, working closely with the design team from decision through release .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Android Development with a strong focus on Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, and Clean Architecture. Proven ability to lead teams, improve processes, and enhance product design while maintaining hands-on coding responsibilities.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Android DevelopmentClean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated TestingFeature Release ManagementCode ReviewTechnical Leadership

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveTeam CollaborationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

Android StudioGitCI/CD ToolsOpen Source ContributionsAI Agents

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignUI/UXAgile MethodologiesTeam Processes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggeriOSJUnitKotlinNode.jsOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own major Android features end to end, working closely with the design team from decision through release
Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features
Review pull requests and provide developmental feedback
Unblock engineers and investigate stalled work
Standardize successful implementations for team-wide use
Maintain shared components through testing, documentation, and consolidation
Identify and implement improvements to team processes
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by changing the underlying setup
Shift verification left by expanding automated checks before QA
Run planning focused on work requiring decisions
Define review requirements and approval processes
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and communicate team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Support early-career engineers with meaningful work and learning time
Write and review code while remaining hands-on
Participate in technical interviews and a real-codebase assessment

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience, including time leading a team or owning a major surface while staying hands-on
Rock solid Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android animations, Jetpack Navigation, and JUnit tests
Experience shipping and maintaining background audio or other long-running background work
Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing them, including what can't be covered by them
Something you introduced to a team that stuck after you stopped pushing it, and an honest account of what it cost to get there
Some comfort with asking people to change how they work and living with the resulting friction
A view on which changes need heavy review and which do not, argued from what the system does
Track record of building things the rest of the team actually used
Ability to describe how the team works with AI agents
Product design intuition, user empathy, and drive to push Android UI/UX beyond the specification
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Portfolio and LinkedIn links included with application
Bonus: Building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects
Bonus: Experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% distributed work setting
Remote work
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Interview process aimed to be completed within 1 week