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 improving reliability metrics and leading team processes. Capable of mentoring early-career engineers while driving product design and user experience enhancements.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowMVVMClean Architecture

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Hard Skills

Android DevelopmentBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated TestingCode ReviewFeature OwnershipTechnical LeadershipProduct Design

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationUser EmpathySelf-Drive

Tools & Technologies

Dagger 2Android UI/UXOpen Source Contributions

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringTeam LeadershipFeature Release ManagementContinuous ImprovementTechnical Interviews

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 actionable feedback
Unblock engineers and resolve technical obstacles
Standardize successful implementations for team-wide use
Keep shared components tested, clear, and consolidated
Lead changes to team processes
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by improving underlying systems
Shift verification left and expand automated checks
Run planning and prioritize work requiring decisions
Define review requirements and approval ownership
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-oriented work and development time
Write code, review code, and own features hands-on
Complete technical interviews and a real-codebase assessment during the interview 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 the unpopular half of the job: 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, not only things that made you faster
The ability to describe how your team works with AI agents, not only how you do personally
Product design intuition, user empathy, and the 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
Building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects (bonus)
Experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS (bonus)
Several technical interviews plus an assessment on a real codebase
Portfolio and LinkedIn links requested with application

Benefits

Comp & perks

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