Hourly
Weekly invoicing, minimum 40 hours per month, weekly demos. You pay only for the hours we log against your project board. Best for Play Store update cycles, single-feature work or maintenance on a legacy XML codebase.
Android · Kotlin · Jetpack Compose · Material You
Hire Android developers (Kotlin / Compose). For US & UK founders.
Android is where global scale lives — India, Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria, the Philippines. If your product needs to work on a Pixel 9 and a $120 Samsung A-series at once, you need senior Android engineers who know the platform’s whole range. Placed in 14 calendar days.
eCorpIT places senior Android engineers — Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Flow — from a CMMI Level 5 / ISO 27001-certified pod into your team in 14 calendar days. Rates start at $22/hour and run to $58/hour for architects, against $70–$140/hour for US seniors and $55–$115/hour for UK seniors. Four engagement models: Hourly, Monthly, Quarterly, Project (fixed scope from $8K). Manu Shukla signs off every engagement personally.
- 14 calendar days to first demo
- $22 all-in hourly rate, from
- 3 device tiers profiled — flagship, mid, low
- 5.0 Google rating · 23 reviewers
- NDA-first · within 4 hours
- MSA + DPA before code
- Senior-only delivery
- Weekly demos, weekly invoicing
- Founder review at every milestone
Why eCorpIT
Why hire Android developers through eCorpIT.
Android is where global scale lives. India, Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria, the Philippines — most of the world’s high-growth mobile audiences run Android. If your product needs to work on a Pixel 9 and a $120 Samsung A-series at the same time, you need senior Android engineers who know the platform’s range, not just the flagship slice.
Our senior rate is $44/hour, on a dedicated pod, with an MSA and DPA signed before code is written — and Manu Shukla reviews every engagement at architecture and milestone stages.
US seniors $70–$140/hr
UK seniors $55–$115/hr
eCorpIT $44/hr (senior)
A ~58% vs US at the same seniority saving at the same seniority, on a dedicated pod with an MSA and DPA signed before code is written. Industry rate benchmarks.
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Modern Kotlin only
Coroutines and Flow over RxJava. Sealed classes, data classes, extension functions used properly. K2 compiler ready. KMP considered when it earns its keep.
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Jetpack Compose by default
For green-field work. XML where you are extending a legacy codebase. We tell you honestly when each is the right call.
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Material You and adaptive design
Dynamic colour, large screens, foldables (Galaxy Z, Pixel Fold), Wear OS where relevant. Adaptive layouts from Sprint 1, not after launch.
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Play Store delivery mastery
Internal testing, closed and open tracks, staged rollouts, App Bundles, Play Integrity API, In-App Updates and Reviews. Submission is included in every engagement.
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Performance across the device range
Memory and frame-rate profiled on at least three device tiers (flagship, mid, low). Macrobenchmark in CI where it earns the slot.
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Senior-led delivery + founder review
Manu Shukla reviews every Android engagement at architecture and milestone stages. The engineer whose CV you interviewed is the engineer who ships.
Transparent pricing
Android rate card (USD, hourly).
All-in: no recruitment fee, no setup fee, no per-NDA charge. Weekly invoicing, net 14.
| Tier | Experience | Rate (USD / hour) |
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| Junior Android Engineer | 1–2 years | $22 |
| Mid-level Android Engineer | 3–5 years | $32 |
| Senior Android Engineer | 6+ years | $44 |
| Lead / Android Architect | 8+ years, multiple shipped apps | $58 |
For a typical 6-month Android MVP at 160 hours/month with one senior engineer, that is $42,240 (eCorpIT senior at $44/hr) versus $100,800 at the US midpoint of $105/hr. Same seniority, same shipped app on Play Store.
How you work with us
Four engagement models.
You pick the one that fits how you actually want to work. We do not push everyone into the same shape.
Monthly
160 hours per month, dedicated. 10% discount on the hourly rate. The engineer attends your standups, sits in your Slack, follows your sprint cadence. Pause with 30 days’ written notice. Best for active builds.
Quarterly
3-month commit, 15% discount on hourly. Includes a shared designer (40 hours) familiar with Material You and a shared QA engineer (40 hours) at no additional cost. The pod model — a real team behind one engineer.
Project
$8K MVP starting. We own scope, milestones and acceptance criteria. Weekly demos, weekly invoicing against milestones. Best when the spec is well-defined and you want predictability.
All four models include the NDA signed before any technical conversation, an MSA with India and EU/UK-aligned clauses, a DPA aligned with GDPR and India’s DPDP Act, weekly invoicing, and a single named delivery lead for the whole engagement.
Real seniors on the bench
Sample engineer profiles (anonymised).
We send full anonymised CVs on request and arrange interviews within 5 business days of NDA.
Senior Android Engineer
9 years
Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Flow, Hilt, Room, Retrofit, WorkManager, Firebase Cloud Messaging, Play Billing. Shipped a US D2C grocery app (480k MAU, Top-100 in Shopping), a UK utility self-service app (1.2M MAU), and an Indian agritech app for low-bandwidth Tier 2/3 districts (offline-first sync). Strong on internal testing tracks, staged rollouts and Play Integrity.
Available: Monthly or quarterly
Senior Android Engineer
7 years
Kotlin, Compose, Compose Multiplatform (experimental for shared web/desktop), CameraX, ML Kit on-device, ExoPlayer, Wear OS, Android Auto. Shipped a US fitness app with Wear OS companion (180k MAU on watch), a UK on-demand short-video app, and an Indian banking app with CameraX KYC capture. Specialism: media, camera, on-device ML, foldables.
Available: Hourly, monthly or quarterly
Android Lead / Architect
14 years mobile, 13 years Android
Kotlin, Compose, Clean Architecture, modularisation by feature, dependency injection (Hilt/Koin), CI/CD (Gradle managed devices, Firebase Test Lab, build cache), accessibility (TalkBack, large text). Led the XML-to-Compose migration of a US field-workforce app (cut UI bug volume 60%) and architected a UK fintech’s Android rewrite with Play Integrity fraud signals.
Available: Monthly, quarterly or fixed-price project
Full anonymised CVs plus a project portfolio with metrics are available as part of our standard 14-day onboarding (Days 2–3).
The promise
The 14-day onboarding, day by day.
This is a calendar-day commitment, not a "best efforts" promise. If we miss any of these dates, the first month of the engagement is on the house.
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NDA signed
Within 4 hours of your first inbound message. Sign it; the technical conversation starts immediately.
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Discovery call
60 minutes. Manu Shukla joins. We map the problem, target users, your existing stack and constraints. Play Store strategy mapped alongside the problem and target users. You leave with a one-page strategy doc by end of day.
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Shortlist CVs
3 anonymised CVs of senior Android engineers matched to your project. Each profile includes 3 shipped Play Store apps with metrics and a 30-minute video introduction.
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Interviews
You interview 2–3 of the shortlisted engineers. We do not block on “first available.” You pick.
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Team selection & plan
Engineer (or pod) finalised, engagement model agreed, draft project plan with milestones shared.
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MSA + DPA signed
Master Services Agreement and Data Processing Addendum (GDPR + DPDP aligned) signed both sides.
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Environment setup
Repository, Slack/Teams, Jira/Linear, Play Console roles, signing keys (Play App Signing), internal testing track configured. Your engineer is shipping commits by end of Day 9.
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Kick-off
Founder-led kick-off call with Manu, the delivery lead, the assigned engineer(s) and your team. Sprint 0 deliverables aligned.
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Sprint 1 planning + technical design
Technical design document for the first deliverable. Sprint 1 backlog locked.
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Sprint 1 in build
Daily standups in your timezone. Slack-first communication.
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First demo
Working internal-testing-track build of the first user-facing feature. Retro. Sprint 2 plan agreed.
No surprises
Included in every Android engagement.
The line items that show up as “extras” with other vendors are baked into our rates.
- Architecture review and technical design doc by a Lead before Sprint 1.
- Code review by a second senior engineer on every pull request.
- CI/CD pipeline setup (GitHub Actions, Bitrise, CircleCI or your existing pipeline).
- Play Store submission — Play Console setup, internal testing, staged rollout, store listing copy and screenshots.
- Crashlytics or Sentry integration plus weekly crash reports.
- Macrobenchmark and baseline-profile setup where applicable.
- Accessibility audit (TalkBack, large text, colour contrast) before submission.
- Device-matrix testing on flagship, mid and low-end tiers.
- Weekly demos and a written status note every Friday.
- Founder review at architecture, mid-build and pre-release milestones.
- ISO 27001:2022-aligned source-code handling and access controls.
Not included unless quoted separately: Google Play Console one-time fee, large-scale backend rewrites, and paid third-party SDK licences are quoted separately.
Procurement-ready
The credentials a US or UK procurement team checks.
We have them all on file and will share them under NDA.
- CMMI Level 5 appraised
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security
- ISO 9001:2015 — Quality management
- ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 — Service management
- ISO 45001:2018 — Occupational H&S
- GDPR-aligned data handling
- DPDP Act (India) compliant
- DPIIT recognised startup
- MSME registered
- D-U-N-S® verified · #854367803
5.0 from 23 reviewers on Google, on the canonical AI Mobile App Development page. Founder LinkedIn and verified company profiles are linked from the footer.
Free project estimate · 24 hours
Tell us about your project. Get a free estimate in 24 hours.
Within 24 working hours, you receive a one-page PDF: recommended scope, suggested tech approach, indicative pricing range, and a delivery timeline. Reviewed by a senior architect from the eCorpIT team. No sales pressure, no follow-up unless you ask for one.
- One-page strategy doc + indicative range
- NDA available on request
- Reviewed personally by a senior architect
- No sales pressure. No follow-up unless you ask.
Request received
Got it — we'll be in touch within 24 hours.
A senior architect will review your brief and reply by email with a one-page strategy doc, indicative pricing, and a realistic timeline.
- 1 We review your brief and map it to the right practice + team.
- 2 You get a one-page estimate with scope, pricing range, and timeline.
- 3 If it's a fit, we book a 30-min discovery call — no obligation.
Reference — · We'll reply from contact@ecorpit.com.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What US and UK teams ask before hiring Android developers with us.
No matches. Try a different keyword or contact us directly.
Can I hire one Android developer, not a full pod?
Yes. Hourly and Monthly are single-engineer. Quarterly adds a shared designer and QA. You pick.
Do you sign NDAs before the technical call?
Yes, always. Within 4 hours of first contact.
Jetpack Compose or XML — which do you recommend in 2026?
Compose-first for green-field projects. XML where you are extending an existing codebase. Material You design tokens map cleanly onto either, but Compose is faster, more testable and where Google is putting its investment.
Do you support Wear OS, Android Auto and foldables?
Yes. Adaptive layouts are part of our standard Compose work. Wear OS and Android Auto are case-by-case scopes; we have shipped both in production.
Do you submit to the Play Store on my behalf?
Yes, as part of every engagement. You own the Play Console; we manage Play App Signing, internal testing tracks, staged rollouts and store listing.
What happens if Play Store rejects the app?
Play Store rejections are usually about policy (permissions, target API level, data safety section). We pre-flight against the policy before submission. Rejections get resolved within one review cycle.
Do you build for low-end devices and emerging markets?
Yes. A meaningful share of our work targets Tier 2/3 India, Indonesia and Africa. App size, cold-start time and offline-first sync are designed in from Sprint 1, not added later.
What if I do not like the first engineer you send?
The 14-day onboarding has 2–3 shortlist CVs and interviews built in. You pick. If after one sprint the fit is wrong, we replace at no cost.
What time zones do you cover?
Gurugram overlaps with London until 12:30 PM IST and with US East from 6:30 PM IST. Staffed deliberately.
How do you protect my IP?
NDA + MSA + DPA before code. Source repository under your account. ISO 27001:2022 access controls. Work-for-hire, fully assigned to you on payment.
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