Overview
The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 30 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App.
Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from leading tech companies and academic programs.
Overview
With the growth of our Android app, being the most used text-to-speech app in the Play Store, we seek a Senior Android Engineer to support the new user base and work on new projects to push us forward.
This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users. We are a flat organization that values leadership through technical excellence and consistent, fast results. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and a drive to win are paramount.
Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week.
What You’ll Do
- Owning major features and working closely with our design team – take ownership of features inside the app and deliver high-quality features
- Shape the future of our Android team
- Own, maintain and improve reliability metrics for key features
- Participate in discussions across Product, Design, and 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
An Ideal Candidate Should Have
5+ years of software engineering experienceFamiliarity with Android componentsExperience building or contributing to at least one Android appProduct design intuition and user empathyDrive to push the boundaries of Android UI / UXUnderstanding of the importance of tests and how to approach writing testsSelf-drive to improve the app and codebase beyond the specRock solid experience with Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Kotlin Flow, Dagger 2, MVVM, Clean Architecture, Background Services, Music Player Service, Android Animations, Jetpack Navigation, JUnit testsUser-oriented problem solvingDriven with continuous feedback from leadersBonus
Experience building, maintaining, or contributing to open source projects in AndroidExperience with iOS, Web or NodeJSTechnologies we use
KotlinKotlin CoroutinesKotlin FlowJetpack NavigationDagger 2RoomJetpack ComposeJUnitWhat We offer
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.How to apply : Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.
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.
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