Senior Android Software Engineer at Eliassen Group
Denver, CO
$75–$95/hrfrom the description
Jul 17, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract Android engineering role focused on building and maintaining a Video Player SDK for a media platform's consumer-facing products. Day-to-day work involves implementing and optimizing streaming features — including adaptive bitrate, buffering, DRM, and offline playback — using Media3/ExoPlayer, while collaborating with cross-functional teams on architecture and playback reliability. Best suited to engineers with production Android SDK experience and a background in OTT or streaming platforms.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Contract
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 11 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 3,050–18,600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role requires only 3+ years of Android experience, which aligns with a Mid-level engineer on the standard career ladder. The 'Senior' title is advertised but the experience gate does not support that band.
Kotlin and Java are presented as interchangeable ('and/or'); Media3 and ExoPlayer are similarly interchangeable — each pair is captured as a single skill with alternatives.
DASH and HLS are listed together as interchangeable streaming protocol requirements; Widevine DRM is a separate, standalone hard gate.
OTT/streaming/media platform background is explicitly marked 'preferred' in the posting and is therefore not captured as a hard gate.
All Nice-to-have items (Roku, iOS/cross-platform, IMA SDK/VAST/VMAP, playback analytics, CI/CD, automated testing) are listed under the explicit 'Nice to have' heading.
This is a W2 contract engagement placed by Eliassen Group (a staffing/consulting firm); the end client is unnamed. The role is fully remote with no geographic restriction stated.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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