Software Engineer, Android Core Product - Lisbon, Portugal Lisboa

Overview

Speechify is seeking a Software Engineer, Android Core Product in Lisbon, Portugal. Speechify’s mission is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Speechify's
-
- speech products are used by over 30 million people across i
OS, Android, Mac, Chrome Extension, and Web App. The company operates in a 100% distributed setting with no office.

What You'll Do

• Owning major features and working closely with our design team - take ownership of features inside the app and be 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 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 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 contributing to open source projects in Android
• Experience with i
  OS, Web or Node
  JS

Technologies we use

• Kotlin
• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Flow
• Jetpack Navigation
• Dagger 2
• Room
• Custom Views, Canvas & Paint
• Jetpack Compose
• JUnit

What We Offer

• A
  - growing environment where you can help shape the company and product
• An
  - minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A
  - 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
  - back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture
• Opportunity to work on a
  - 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

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 Linked
In. Refer a friend if you know someone who would be a great fit.

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.