Team Lead, Android Core Product

Speechify

. Own major features end to end with the design team, from decisions through release .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • SwedenSenior💰 $30,000 - $115,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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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 improving team processes. Capable of leading teams while remaining hands-on, with a commitment to enhancing user experience and code quality.

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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/UXOpen Source Android Projects

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidDaggeriOSJUnitKotlinNode.jsOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own major features end to end with the design team, from decisions through release
Own, maintain, and improve reliability metrics for key features
Write code, review code, and own features hands-on
Review pull requests and provide developmental feedback
Unblock engineers and investigate stalled work
Identify reusable team solutions and consolidate duplicated implementations
Maintain shared components so they are tested, clear, and reusable
Improve team processes and reduce manual intervention in releases
Change underlying systems to prevent recurring problems
Shift verification left through automated checks
Run planning focused on unresolved decisions
Define review requirements and sign-off responsibilities
Participate in Product, Design, and Engineering discussions and bring team constraints early
Handle critical issues, own feature releases, and provide nightly builds to QA
Support early-career engineers with meaningful work and learning 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 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 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 the specification
Self-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specification
Excellent communication skills
Bonus: building, maintaining, or contributing to open source Android projects
Bonus: experience with iOS, Web, or NodeJS

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Stock
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Several technical interviews plus an assessment on a real codebase
Interview process aimed to be completed within 1 week