Overview
The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text‑to‑speech products to turn any reading material – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, 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.
Responsibilities
* Owning major features and working closely with our design team – take ownership of features inside the app and become responsible for 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
Qualifications
* 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
Bonus
* Experience building, maintaining, or otherwise contributing to open source projects in Android
* Experience with iOS, Web or NodeJS
Technologies We Use
* Kotlin
* Kotlin Coroutines
* Kotlin Flow
* Jetpack Navigation
* Dagger 2
* Room
* Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
* Jetpack Compose
* JUnit
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
* 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
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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr