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 • Oregon • 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 systems. Proven ability to lead teams, drive process improvements, and enhance user experience through effective communication and collaboration.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Clean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated VerificationFeature OwnershipCode ReviewTechnical Interviews

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveTeam LeadershipConstructive Feedback

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 constructive feedback
Unblock engineers by investigating persistent issues
Standardize successful solutions for team-wide use
Maintain tested, clear, and consolidated shared components
Drive changes to team processes
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 unresolved decisions
Define review levels and required sign-offs
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 opportunities
Write code, review code, and own features hands-on
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
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 resulting friction
A view on which changes need heavy review and which don't, argued from what the system does
Track record of building things the rest of your team actually used
Ability to describe how your team works with AI agents
Product design intuition, user empathy, and drive to push Android UI/UX beyond the specification
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Portfolio and LinkedIn links included with application
Open source Android projects, or experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS (bonus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Stock
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Interview process aims to be completed within 1 week