Tech Lead, Android Core Product - London, United Kingdom at Speechify

Speechify

London, United Kingdom·1d ago

LeadFull-timeAI

Salary Range

$57,375 - $77,625 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Android Engineer to join Speechify, a company dedicated to making reading accessible through text-to-speech products. This role involves owning major features, maintaining reliability metrics, and shaping the future of the Android team.

Key Responsibilities

→Own major features and work closely with the design team
→Shape the future of the Android team
→Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
→Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
→Review pull requests and support teammates
→Handle critical issues and unexpected challenges
→Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team

Requirements

✓5+ years of software engineering experience
✓Familiarity with Android components
✓Experience building or contributing to at least one Android app
✓Product design intuition and user empathy
✓Drive to push the boundaries of Android UI/UX
✓Understanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing tests
✓Self-drive to improve the app and codebase
✓Rock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit tests
✓Excellent communication skills
✓User oriented problem solving approach
✓Driven with continuous feedback from leaders

Benefits

★A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product
★An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
★A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work
★An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry
★Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences
★Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio