Team Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify

. Own major features end to end with the design team, from decisions through release .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • California • 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 building and maintaining reliable features and team practices. Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive improvements in code quality and team processes.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Clean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated VerificationFeature Release ManagementCode ReviewTeam Process Improvement

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationUser EmpathySelf-DriveMentoring

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringAndroid UI/UXOpen Source ContributionsBackground Audio ManagementTeam Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggeriOSJUnitKotlinNode.jsOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own major features end to end with the design team, from decisions through release
Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features
Review pull requests and provide developmental feedback
Unblock engineers by investigating stuck work
Promote successful individual implementations as team standards
Maintain tested, clear, and consolidated shared components
Initiate changes to team processes when needed
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems through underlying setup changes
Expand automated verification before nightly QA builds
Run planning focused on work requiring decisions
Define review requirements and sign-off processes
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Mentor early-career engineers through appropriately challenging work
Write code, review code, and own features hands-on

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 durable team practices
Comfort asking people to change how they work and handling 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 Android UI/UX skills
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Links to portfolio and LinkedIn requested
Bonus: building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects
Bonus: experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS

Benefits

Comp & perks

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