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 • Florida • 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 leading teams and improving processes. Capable of enhancing reliability metrics and implementing automated testing strategies while maintaining a hands-on coding approach.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowMVVMClean Architecture

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Hard Skills

Android DevelopmentBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceJetpack NavigationJUnit Tests

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-Drive

Tools & Technologies

Dagger 2AI Agents

Industry Keywords

Product DesignUI/UX ImprovementOpen Source Android Projects

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggeriOSJUnitKotlinNode.jsOpen Source

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
Write and review code, providing constructive feedback
Unblock engineers and investigate stalled work
Standardize successful implementations for team use
Maintain shared components so they are tested, clear, and consolidated
Lead changes to team processes
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by changing the underlying setup
Shift verification left through increased 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 bring team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Ensure early-career engineers receive useful work and learning time
Work hands-on writing code while leading the team

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 introduced to a team that remained after the candidate stopped pushing it, with an honest account of its cost
Comfort asking people to change how they work and handling the resulting friction
Ability to determine which changes need heavy review and which do not, based on system behavior
Track record of building things the rest of the team used, not only productivity tools
Ability to describe how the team works with AI agents
Product design intuition, user empathy, and drive to improve Android UI/UX beyond the specification
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Portfolio and LinkedIn links requested with application
Bonus: building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects
Bonus: experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS
Several technical interviews and an assessment on a real codebase

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Stock
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Technical interview process completed within 1 week (stated process benefit)