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 • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Kotlin and Android development, with a strong focus on improving team processes and feature reliability. Capable of leading teams while maintaining hands-on involvement in coding and feature ownership.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Clean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated TestingFeature OwnershipCode ReviewTechnical Leadership

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveTeam CollaborationMentoring

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignUI/UXBackground AudioTechnical Interviews

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggerJUnitKotlin

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 constructive feedback
Unblock engineers and resolve technical impediments
Identify reusable solutions and standardize them across the team
Maintain shared code, ensuring it is tested, clear, and consolidated
Improve team processes and ways of working
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by changing the underlying setup
Shift verification left by increasing automated checks before QA
Run planning and prioritize work requiring decisions
Define review requirements and approval processes
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Support early-career engineers with learning opportunities
Write code, review code, and own features hands-on
Participate in several 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 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
Portfolio and LinkedIn links with application

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% distributed setting
No office
Diverse and inclusive workplace