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 • 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 systems. Proven ability to lead teams, improve processes, and enhance user experience through effective communication and collaboration.

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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 2Open Source Android Projects

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringProduct DesignUI/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 actionable feedback
Unblock team members by investigating technical issues
Identify and standardize reusable team solutions
Maintain shared components through testing, documentation, and consolidation
Drive changes to team processes when needed
Reduce manual intervention required for correct releases
Address recurring problems by improving underlying systems
Shift verification left through increased automated checks
Run planning focused on unresolved decisions
Define appropriate review requirements and sign-off ownership
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 opportunities
Conduct technical interviews and a real-codebase assessment as part of the hiring 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
Some comfort with the unpopular half of the job: asking people to change how they work, and living with the friction that follows
A view on which changes need heavy review and which don't, argued from what the system does
A track record of building things the rest of your team actually used, not only things that made you faster
The ability to describe how your team works with AI agents, not only how you do personally
Product design intuition, user empathy, and the drive to push Android UI/UX further than the spec asks for
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond what's outlined in the spec
Excellent communication skills
Building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects (bonus)
Experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS (bonus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Stock
Diverse and inclusive workplace