Speechify
Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Brighton, United Kingdom
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Tech Lead, Android Core Product - Brighton, United Kingdom
Senior Android Engineer
The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.
Over 50 million people rely on Speechify’s text-to-speech products to transform anything they read—PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites—into audio, enabling faster reading, greater engagement, and better retention. Our product suite includes an iOS app, Android app, Mac app, Chrome extension, and web app. Google named Speechify’s Chrome extension the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple recognized it as a 2025 Design Award winner for inclusivity.
Today, nearly 200 people from around the world work 100% remotely at Speechify. Our team consists of frontend & backend engineers, AI scientists, and top talent from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, as well as graduate professionals from elite programs like Stanford and industry leaders such as Stripe, Vercel, and Bolt.
About the Role
With the sexy and massive growth of Speechify’s Android app—currently the most-used text-to-speech app on the Play Store—we’re seeking a Senior Android Engineer to help us expand our user base, support existing customers, and build innovative features that define industry-leading audio experiences.
This isn’t just a job—it’s an opportunity to shape the future of Android. We’re looking for someone who:
- Thinks strategically and excels in fast-paced, autonomous environments
- Has global vision and passion for making bold, user-proven product decisions
- Is obsessed with building stunning user experiences that delight
- Believes in experimentation, meritocracy, and high velocity
Self-direction, elite technical skill, and a results-first mindset are what matter most. At Speechify, everyone is heard, and young, up-and-comers become leaders quickly—because ideas and impact (not dogma or hierarchy) create success.
Responsibilities
- Build and own major Android features, collaborating closely with our design team
- Take full end-to-end ownership of delivering high-quality features that resonate with users
- Drive long-term strategy for the Android team, pushing technical and product boundaries
- Own reliability metrics for core features and continuously improve performance
- Actively participate in cross-team discussions (design, product, and engineering roadmaps)
- Review pull requests and mentor peers
- Troubleshoot and resolve critical issues efficiently—fixing bugs is something all engineers do; handling tech debt requires insight
- Lead feature releases through testing, bug-fixing, and sustained improvements
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Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong Android background
- Deep familiarity with Android core components
- Experience building or significantly contributing to a minimum of one Android app
- Technical intuition for design and user empathy—build features users love
- Breaststroke capabilities in: Android UI, UX polish, animations, and animation performance
- Strong foundation in testing and how to architect robust test strategies
- Energy and motivation to write more than the spec requires—your contributions must improve the codebase beyond requirements
- Proficiency in:
- Kotlin (mandatory)
- Kotlin Coroutines, Flow, MVI/udoa style
- Dagger 2 for dependency injection
- MVVM & Clean Architecture patterns
- Background Services and the Android Music Player Service API
- Advanced Views (Custom Views, drawing with Canvas & Paint)
- Jetpack Navigation
- JUnit testing (or alternative testing frameworks)
Nice to Have
- Open-source contributions (Android-focused)
- Cross-platform experience (iOS, Web, Node.js)
- Exposed coding systems (i.e., YouTube’s sound effects, #/AlbumArt project)
Our Toolkit
- Primary Language: Kotlin
- State Management: Kotlin Flow, MVVM
- DI Framework: Dagger 2
- Architecture: Clean/MVVM
- Testing: JUnit
- Dependencies & Data Handling: Room, workflows
- UI: Jetpack Compose (familiarity helps!), Custom Canvas/Paint Views
- Interop: Android MediaPlayService API, Background Jobs, Notification Channelsors
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Why Work Here?
Speechify is building for millions: an entrepreneurial team that accepts bold ideas, champions autonomy, and rewards ownership. You’ll thrive in:
- A truly flat organization, where meritocracy rules
- Impact at scale: help millions access theokanism of reading through audio—critical for people with dyslexia, ADD, low vision, autism, concussions, and more
- AI & audio intersection—we’re where cutting-edge speech technology meets world-changing accessibility
- Festival environment: develop and scale with a team that loves precision, minimalism, and sweat the details who built some of the world’s most beloved products
- Competitive compensation, work in your pajamas guaranteed, and a fly-where-you-like policy without office obligation
- Opportunity to own your work, c恥(aid streamline iteration, and influence strategic direction
How to Join Us
Passionate and curious? Tell us why you’m interested in growing Speechify’s Android family.
In your application, mention:
- A few words about you and what outside interests inspire your work
- Copious examples of past Android projects in your portfolio
- How your profile aligns with handling disruptive features
Your agoot reference helps! Know someone who’ll love this as much as we do? Bring them ‘round. Link to their senior web-targeted team
About Our People
All doors are open at Speechify. Everything has a solution,
- Link context: Social Cultural Equity
- Speechify extends specific patronage to promising applicants with disabilities and underrepresented backgrounds
A world-class product deserves a diverse and inclusive team. We provide equal opportunity to all and celebrate the richness it brings. We welcome you from cultures, attitudes, and more than “11 most spoken languages”
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