About the Role
Speechify's mission is to ensure reading is never a barrier to learning. Our text-to-speech products are used by over 50 million people globally to convert reading materials into audio, enhancing reading speed, comprehension, and retention. We are seeking a Senior Android Engineer to support our growing user base and contribute to innovative projects, driving the future of our Android application.
Responsibilities
- Own major features and collaborate with the design team to deliver high-quality products.
- Shape the future direction of the Android team.
- Maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features.
- Participate in cross-functional discussions with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
- Review pull requests and provide support to teammates.
- Handle critical issues and unexpected challenges.
- Manage 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 testing importance and methodologies.
- Self-driven to improve the app and codebase beyond specified requirements.
- 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 by continuous feedback from leaders.
Skills
- Kotlin
- Kotlin Coroutines
- Kotlin Flow
- Jetpack Navigation
- Dagger 2
- Room
- Custom Views
- Canvas & Paint
- Jetpack Compose
- JUnit
- Android UI/UX
- Background Services
- Music Player Service
- Android Animations
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- 30,000-120,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock depending on experience
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.
- An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.
- Competitive salaries.
- A friendly and laid-back atmosphere.
- A commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.
About the Company
- Speechify's mission is to make sure reading is never a barrier to learning.
- Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products.
- Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App.
- Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its Design award winner for inclusivity for 2025.
- Nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office.
- Our team includes frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.
- We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast.
- Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount.
- Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
