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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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Kotlin and Android development, with a strong focus on building and maintaining reliable features and processes. Capable of leading teams while remaining hands-on, fostering collaboration, and driving improvements in UI/UX.

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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 SkillsUser EmpathySelf-Drive

Tools & Technologies

Dagger 2AI Agents

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignAndroid UI/UX

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 constructive feedback
Unblock team members by investigating and resolving issues
Consolidate shared implementations and establish team-standard solutions
Maintain tested, clear, reusable shared components
Identify and implement improvements to team processes
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by changing underlying systems
Shift verification left by expanding automated checks before QA
Run planning focused on unresolved decisions
Define appropriate review levels and required sign-offs
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and raise team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Support early-career engineers with learning opportunities and time to develop
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 processes or practices that persist after adoption
Comfort asking people to change how they work and managing 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 specifications
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Open source Android projects, iOS, Web, or NodeJS experience are bonuses

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Stock
Diverse and inclusive workplace