Team Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify

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

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

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Kotlin and Android development, with a strong focus on building and maintaining reliable features and systems. Proven ability to lead teams, improve processes, and mentor early-career engineers while driving product design and user experience enhancements.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Clean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated VerificationFeature Release ManagementCode ReviewTechnical Interviewing

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveTeam LeadershipMentoring

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignUI/UXReliability MetricsTeam Processes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggerJUnitKotlin

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own major features end to end with the design team, from decision through release
Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features
Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback
Unblock engineers and resolve team obstacles
Standardize reusable solutions across the team
Maintain tested, clear, consolidated shared components
Drive changes to team processes
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by improving underlying systems
Expand automated verification and shift testing earlier in the process
Run planning and prioritize work requiring decisions
Define review requirements and sign-off processes
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds to QA
Support early-career engineers' learning and development
Conduct technical interviews and a real-codebase assessment as part of the hiring process

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 friction that follows
A view on which changes need heavy review and which don't, argued from what the system does
A 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 what's outlined in the spec
Excellent communication skills
Links to portfolio and LinkedIn

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