Android Engineer

Senior Android Engineer — remote, Ukraine

On behalf of our customer, a global video-streaming solutions company that builds apps for major broadcasters and media brands, we are looking for 2–3 Senior Android Engineers.

You will build and maintain native Android video apps on phones and tablets and, depending on the project, Android TV / Google TV and operator set-top boxes. Strong native Android and video playback skills matter most; TV experience is a plus.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain native Android streaming apps in Kotlin (and Java in older code).
• Build playback features: VOD, live, DRM, subtitles, ads and analytics.
• Adapt apps to new Android versions, devices and store or certification requirements.
• Work with the customer’s vendor partners and other platform teams (iOS, web, TV, backend).
• Review code and help shape app architecture.

Requirements

• 5+ years of native Android development.
• Strong Kotlin; working knowledge of Java.
• Modern Android stack: Coroutines/Flow, Jetpack, MVVM or MVI, dependency injection.
• Media playback with ExoPlayer / Media3, including HLS/DASH and DRM (Widevine).
• At least one app published on Google Play.

Nice to have

• Android TV / Google TV: Leanback or Compose for TV, D-pad focus handling.
• Operator set-top boxes, Android TV launchers or Operator Tier certification.
• Jetpack Compose; ad SDKs (Google IMA); Chromecast.
• Fire TV or other Android-based TV platforms.

Terms

• Time & materials subconsultancy: you contract with our company as a private entrepreneur (ФОП).
• Paid only for hours actually worked, at an agreed hourly rate; no paid vacation or sick leave.
• Full-time (about 40 hours a week), long-term, fully remote from Ukraine.
• Daily work in the customer’s international team: English B2 or higher
• Please provide your expected hourly rate

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