Team Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify

. Own major features end to end, collaborating closely with the design team from decision through release .

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

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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 team processes. Capable of leading feature releases while mentoring early-career engineers and enhancing UI/UX design.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowDagger 2MVVM

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Hard Skills

Clean ArchitectureBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceAndroid AnimationsJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated TestingFeature OwnershipCode ReviewTeam Process Improvement

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveCollaborationMentoring

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringAndroid DevelopmentUI/UX DesignTeam LeadershipProduct Design

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggerJUnitKotlin

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own major features end to end, collaborating closely 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
Standardize successful implementations for team-wide use
Maintain tested, clear, and consolidated 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
Determine appropriate review levels and required sign-offs
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and communicate team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds for QA
Support early-career engineers with learning-oriented work and time to develop
Write code, review code, and own individual features as a hands-on team lead

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 a team practice that persisted after implementation
Comfort asking people to change how they work and handling resulting friction
Ability to determine which changes need heavy review and which do not, based on system behavior
Track record of building things used by the wider team
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
Portfolio and LinkedIn links requested with application

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% distributed setting
No office
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Several technical interviews plus an assessment on a real codebase, with a target process completion within 1 week