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 • RomaniaSenior💰 $30,000 - $80,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Kotlin and Android development, with a strong focus on improving reliability metrics and implementing automated testing strategies. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor early-career engineers, and enhance user experience through product design intuition.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowMVVMClean Architecture

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Hard Skills

Background ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit Tests

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsSelf-DriveUser Empathy

Tools & Technologies

Dagger 2Automated VerificationNightly QA Builds

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignAndroid UI/UXOpen Source Android Project

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 issues
Promote successful individual solutions into team-wide implementations
Maintain shared components so they are tested, clear, and consolidated
Identify when the team should change how it works
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by changing the underlying setup
Expand automated verification so nightly QA builds provide confirmation
Run planning focused on work requiring decisions
Define appropriate review levels and sign-off requirements
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and communicate team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds to QA
Support early-career engineers with meaningful work and learning time

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
Comfort asking people to change how they work and living with 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 actually used
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
Open source Android project experience, iOS, Web, or NodeJS experience are bonuses

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Stock
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Several technical interviews plus an assessment on a real codebase
Interview process aimed to be completed within 1 week