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 • 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 automating processes. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor engineers, and enhance user experience through innovative design and implementation.

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KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowMVVMClean Architecture

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Hard Skills

Android DevelopmentBackground ServicesMusic Player ServiceJetpack NavigationJUnit TestsAutomated TestingFeature Release ManagementCode ReviewTechnical Issue InvestigationProcess Improvement

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsUser EmpathySelf-DriveTeam CollaborationConflict Resolution

Tools & Technologies

Dagger 2AI AgentsOpen Source Android

Industry Keywords

Product DesignUI/UXSoftware EngineeringTeam LeadershipLong-Running Background Work

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
Write code, review pull requests, and provide instructive feedback
Unblock engineers and investigate prolonged technical issues
Identify reusable team solutions and consolidate duplicate implementations
Keep shared components tested, clear, maintained, and consolidated
Initiate 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
Run planning and focus team attention 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 to QA
Support early-career engineers with learning-focused work and development 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 introduced to a team that remained after the candidate stopped pushing it, with an honest account of its implementation cost
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 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 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 experience is a bonus
Experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS is a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% distributed setting
Remote work; Speechify has no office
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Several technical interviews plus an assessment on a real codebase, with the process aimed to complete within 1 week