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 • New York • United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in Kotlin and Android development, with a strong focus on improving team processes and reliability metrics. Capable of leading feature releases while mentoring early-career team members and driving the adoption of reusable solutions.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Clean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated TestingFeature Release ManagementTechnical LeadershipCode Review

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveChange ManagementTeam Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

AndroidAI AgentsOpen Source ProjectsIOSWebNodeJS

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignUI/UXReliability MetricsTeam Processes

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
Review pull requests and provide developmental feedback
Unblock team members by investigating technical blockers
Identify reusable team solutions and drive their adoption
Maintain shared components with testing, clarity, and consolidation
Initiate improvements to team processes
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems at the underlying system level
Shift verification left and expand automated checks before QA
Run planning focused on work requiring decisions
Define appropriate review levels and required sign-offs
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and raise team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Support early-career team members with learning-focused work and development time
Participate in technical interviews and a real-codebase assessment 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
Experience introducing a change to a team that remained in use after implementation
Comfort asking people to change how they work and managing resulting friction
Ability to determine which changes need heavy review and which do not
Track record of building things the rest of the team used
Ability to describe how the team works with AI agents
Product design intuition, user empathy, and ability to push Android UI/UX beyond specifications
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Portfolio and LinkedIn links requested in application
Open source Android projects, iOS, Web, or NodeJS experience are bonuses

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