Android Engineer Kotlin and Java Remote Contract
Listing checked September 4, 2026 · pay as published by SME Careers
Overview
Work remotely as an Android Engineer (Kotlin and Java), reviewing AI-generated code, mobile architectures, and technical explanations. Produce high-quality reference implementations and step-by-step reasoning with a focus on Jetpack Compose and coroutines. Assess AI solutions for correctness, security, performance, and reliability across lifecycle, networking, and persistence. This hourly contractor role with SME Careers targets improved AI-driven Android content for major projects.
What You'll Do8
- 1Review AI-generated Android code, architecture diagrams, and explanations for accuracy and safety.
- 2Develop high-quality reference implementations and accompanying reasoning to illustrate best practices in Kotlin/Java Android development.
- 3Rate AI outputs for correctness, clarity, security, performance, and reliability across Android features such as lifecycle, networking, and persistence.
- 4Identify and document issues in Jetpack Compose UI, concurrency patterns, threading, memory usage, and build/release practices; propose fixes.
- 5Validate AI content against real-world Android scenarios and update prompts and model explanations.
- 6Produce clear explanations and model solutions that show recommended patterns like MVVM and Clean Architecture, with dependency injection.
- 7Collaborate with data science and engineering teams to align evaluation criteria and deliverables and provide feedback to improve AI data quality.
- 8Maintain reproducible evaluation records and concise technical notes for future reference.
Requirements12
- 1Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 24+ years building production Android apps with Kotlin; Java experience preferred.
- 3Expert-level Kotlin (1.6+) knowledge including null-safety, coroutines, and Flow.
- 4Strong Android fundamentals including app lifecycle, Activities/Fragments, state restoration, background execution, and permissions.
- 5Modern UI experience with Jetpack Compose and/or Views with a good sense of recomposition and UI performance.
- 6Concurrency expertise with coroutines and Flow, threading best practices, cancellation, and avoiding race conditions.
- 7Knowledge of architecture patterns such as MVVM and Clean Architecture; experience with DI (Hilt/Dagger/Koin) and modularization.
- 8Experience with networking and data: Retrofit/OkHttp, serialization, caching, offline strategies, and persistence (Room/SQLite/DataStore).
- 9Experience with testing and CI/CD: JUnit, instrumentation tests, Compose UI tests/Espresso, mocking strategies, Gradle, Play Console workflows.
- 10Security awareness: Keystore/EncryptedSharedPreferences, auth flows, certificate pinning awareness, and secure handling of sensitive data.
- 11Minimum C1 English proficiency in written and spoken form; ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
- 12AI data training, annotation, or evaluating AI-generated technical content is a strong plus.
Who Should Apply
Ideal candidates bring hands-on Android development experience with Kotlin and Java and a track record reviewing AI-generated code. You should have 4+ years shipping production Android apps and familiarity with modern UI patterns and Android fundamentals. This role benefits from prior exposure to AI-assisted tooling and a detail-oriented approach to evaluating reasoning in complex Android code. Remote, hourly engagement requires strong self-direction and clear written communication to coordinate with distributed teams.
Salary Insight
$110/hr. This hourly rate reflects mid-senior Android contractor levels and flexible, project-based work.
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