Team Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify

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

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in Kotlin and Android development, with a strong focus on leading teams and improving processes. Capable of driving feature ownership, enhancing reliability metrics, and fostering a collaborative environment for early-career engineers.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Clean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated TestingFeature OwnershipCode ReviewProcess Improvement

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveTeam LeadershipProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

Android StudioAI AgentsOpen Source ProjectsIOSWebNodeJS

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignUI/UXReliability MetricsBackground Audio

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggeriOSJUnitKotlinNode.jsOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own major 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 team members by investigating and resolving obstacles
Identify team-wide solutions and drive their adoption
Maintain shared components so they are tested, clear, and consolidated
Lead changes to team processes
Reduce manual intervention needed for correct releases
Address recurring problems by changing the underlying setup
Shift verification left by expanding automated checks
Run planning focused on work requiring decisions
Define appropriate review levels and sign-off requirements
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and raise team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Ensure early-career engineers receive learning-oriented work and time to learn
Write code, review code, and own features hands-on

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 don't, argued from what the system does
Track record of building things the rest of your team actually used
Ability to describe how your team works with AI agents
Product design intuition, user empathy, and drive to push Android UI/UX further than the spec asks for
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Links to a portfolio and LinkedIn when applying
Building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects (bonus)
Experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS (bonus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Stock
100% distributed remote work setting
Several technical interviews plus an assessment on a real codebase
Interview process targeted for completion within 1 week