Hire Android developers
Kotlin and Jetpack Compose engineers who have shipped through Play review and lived with the crash reports.
- Indicative rate
- $28–38/hour
- Shortlist
- 3 CVs in 48 hours
- Overlap
- 4–8 hours daily, contracted
- We accept
- 1 engineer in 12
What this engineer does
Android's difficulty is the long tail: old OS versions, cheap devices, aggressive battery management and a permission model that changes every year. We screen on migration and compatibility work, not on building a clean new screen.
Compose migrations are the most common brief. They are safe to do incrementally and dangerous to do all at once, and we scope them screen by screen.
Briefs we see most often
- A View-based app migrating to Compose
- Crash rate or ANR rate that is costing you ratings
- Play policy or target-SDK deadlines
- Feature delivery alongside an existing in-house Android team
Rates across markets
What this costs, wherever you are buying from
| Experience | United States | United Kingdom | Australia | United Arab Emirates | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| build2–4 years | $20–28/hour$3,200–4,480/month | £150–210/day£3,000–4,200/month | A$28–38/hourA$4,480–6,080/month | AED 95–135/hourAED 15,200–21,600/month | C$30–40/hourC$4,800–6,400/month |
| senior5–8 years | $28–38/hour$4,480–6,080/month | £210–300/day£4,200–6,000/month | A$38–52/hourA$6,080–8,320/month | AED 135–185/hourAED 21,600–29,600/month | C$40–54/hourC$6,400–8,640/month |
| lead9+ years, or tech lead | $38–52/hour$6,080–8,320/month | £300–450/day£6,000–9,000/month | A$52–70/hourA$8,320–11,200/month | AED 185–250/hourAED 29,600–40,000/month | C$54–72/hourC$8,640–11,520/month |
All-inclusive and indicative, shown so you can compare us against a local hire. Monthly figures assume 160 hours a month and the same for the day-rate markets, so the two always reconcile. Engagements are contracted as a monthly capacity fee or a fixed-scope deliverable, with our own delivery lead accountable for the outcome — see engagement models. There is no setup fee, no recruitment fee and no management surcharge.
Questions
Hiring Android developers
- How much does it cost to hire Android developers in India?
- $28–38/hour all-inclusive through Skydream Digital, which is $4,480–6,080/month for a full-time engineer at 160 hours a month. That covers salary, employer costs, equipment, security tooling and management — there is no setup fee, recruitment fee or management surcharge on top. UK buyers pay £210–300/day, Australian buyers A$38–52/hour and UAE buyers AED 135–185/hour.
- Do you test on real devices?
- Yes, on a device set matched to your install base, plus Firebase Test Lab for breadth. Emulator-only testing is how compatibility bugs reach your users.
- Can the same engineer take iOS?
- No. Hire a Kotlin engineer for Android and a Swift engineer for iOS, or hire one cross-platform engineer and accept the trade-off deliberately.
Brief us on your Android developer role
One page is enough: the stack, the seniority, the first month of work and the hours you need covered. Three shortlisted CVs come back within 48 hours, with the rate band and notice period attached.