Team Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify

. Own major Android core product features end to end, from decision through release, working closely with Design .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Android development with a strong focus on Kotlin, MVVM, and Clean Architecture, while effectively leading teams and driving process improvements. Capable of enhancing product reliability and user experience through automated testing and innovative design solutions.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesMVVMClean ArchitectureAndroid UI/UX

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Hard Skills

KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVMClean ArchitectureBackground ServicesAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit Tests

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-Drive

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignAutomated TestingTeam LeadershipReliability Metrics

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggerJUnitKotlin

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own major Android core product features end to end, from decision through release, working closely with Design
Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features
Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback
Unblock engineers by investigating and resolving technical issues
Standardize reusable solutions and consolidate duplicate implementations
Keep shared components tested, clear, maintained, and consolidated
Drive improvements to team processes and engineering practices
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by changing underlying systems
Expand automated verification and shift testing left
Run planning and focus team attention on work requiring decisions
Define review requirements and sign-off processes
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and communicate team constraints
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Support early-career engineers with appropriate learning opportunities

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, not only things that made you faster
Ability to describe how your team works with AI agents, not only how you do personally
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 included with application

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% distributed setting
Speechify has no office
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Several technical interviews plus an assessment on a real codebase
Interview process aimed to complete within 1 week