Speechify · 1 month ago
Tech Lead, Android Core Product - San Francisco, CA, USA
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expSpeechify is a company dedicated to making reading accessible for everyone, with over 50 million users of its text-to-speech products. They are seeking a Tech Lead for their Android Core Product to own major features, improve reliability metrics, and collaborate across teams to enhance user experiences.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftwareReading Apps
Responsibilities
Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible of delivering high quality features
Shape the future of our Android team
Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
Participate in discussions across different teams - Product, Design, Engineering
Review pull requests, and support other teammates
Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges
Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for the QA team
Qualification
Required
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 above and beyond what's outlined in the spec
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
Preferred
Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android
Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS
Benefits
Bonus
Stock depending on experience
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.
Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.
Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.
Work in one of the fastest growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.
Company
Speechify
Speechify is a mobile and desktop app that allows people with dyslexia and low vision to read out using text to speech voice.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Speechify has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
67%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Management and Executive
Product Management
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2025 (4)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Streamlined
2021-01-01Seed
2020-01-01Seed
2017-02-22Seed
Leadership Team
Cliff Weitzman
Founder CEO
Recent News
2026-05-23
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