Overview
The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Speechify’s text-to-speech products turn PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, and websites into audio so people can read faster, read more, and remember more. Our products include the iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google named Speechify Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify App of the Day.
Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work at Speechify in a 100% distributed setting. Our team includes frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and people from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, alongside leaders from PhD programs and successful startups.
What You’ll Do
- Owning major features and collaborating with design to deliver high-quality features inside the app
- 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 teammates
- Handle critical issues or cope with unexpected challenges
- Take ownership of feature releases and provide nightly builds for QA
An Ideal Candidate Should Have
- 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 beyond 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 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
What We offer
- A fast-growing workplace 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 use
- Build products that 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
Think you’re a good fit for this job? Tell us more about yourself and why you’re interested in the role when you apply. Include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.
Not looking but know someone who would be a great fit? Refer them!
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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