HIRE SENIOR ANDROID DEVELOPERS REMOTELY — BEST EXPERTS FOR HIRE

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If your business doesn’t have an app, you don’t exist in our mobile-first world nowadays. As an entrepreneur, it will be tougher to beat the competitors if you don’t plan and invest in app creation.
Otherwise, you will be stuck paying a fortune with low success chances. Do you need it? No. Applications bring the desired traction to startup ideas, making them more practical and easily scalable.
To build a successful startup app, you need to hire professional app developers who magically intertwine your original ideas with tech solutions and add much-needed momentum to the growing process.
Android is one of the most common app development platforms (together with iOS), so there are big chances you will pick it for your business.
Read on to spark your growth!

Do you want to hire top senior Android developers for your startup without shaving thousands of dollars off your accounts? Hire them at Lemon.io — a talent marketplace for vetted developers, helping Western entrepreneurs boost their businesses since 2015.
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What’s next?

An average mobile owner in 2022 spends 3 hours 40 minutes on their smartphone daily. Apps take the lion’s share of this time: most of us spend only 20 minutes of the «phone time»‎ outside them. So, you need an app if you want to engage new customers and retain the old ones. Otherwise, you will be ignored and forgotten — even if your ideas are worth spreading and using.

In this article, we will answer several basic questions that will help you orient yourself in the world of senior talent hiring — and the realm of Android apps or expert Android developers.

After devouring it completely, we’re positive that you’ll be much more prepared to hire senior Android app developers and make informed choices that will eventually lead you to success.

The future of mobile app development

Some 10 years ago, mobile app development was a classic underdog in the «classic» app development world. Microsoft and Amazon didn’t believe in the mobile industry — probably thinking that the next digital revolution was still far beyond the horizon.

However, 2020 and 2021, with its COVID pandemic and total lockdowns chaining people in front of their blue (portable) screens, became a turning point for mobile app development in general and Android apps in particular. The number of downloads for various home-, culture-, business-, and medicine-related apps grew exponentially, and the end of this trend is far from near.

Currently, there are 3,2 billion smartphone users worldwide — and one can’t oppose the fact that Android apps are here to stay for long. By 2026, there will be 7,5 billion smartphone owners. During the last two years, mobile app revenues grew exponentially — from $461 billion in 2019 to $631 billion in 2021.

Android has been recently named the most popular OS in the world — its 2,5 billion users span over 190 countries. With Android, Google Play grew — and this synergy has yielded even greater OS popularity. In most countries, Android is the dominant OS: in Brazil, Turkey, and India, it has conquered 85% of the app market.

Why do native mobile apps rule?

By native app development, we understand developing applications and programs for certain platforms and devices (e.g., iOS or Android). Web engineers, who are into native app development, use specific native programming languages for each OS. Android apps are coded in Java or Kotlin, whereas iOS apps are created in Objective-C and Swift.

Native app development is crucial if you want to provide top-quality UX for your application because it lets developers add extra functionality and possibilities. Within native app development, it’s possible to employ the core smartphone tools and functions (GPS, proximity sensors, microphones, and cameras).

Now, let’s briefly name the main bonuses of native (e.g., Android) app development.

Now that we’ve covered the topic of Android native applications’ bonuses, it’s high time to dig deeper into seniority issues.

Who are senior developers — and do you need them for your startup? What makes seniority — and how do middles differ from seniors?

Senior developers: who are they, and why do you need them?

According to their proficiency and years of experience, web engineers are generally classified as juniors, middles, or seniors. This uniform classification is clear and convenient for HR managers and developers. No one knows exactly who its author was — but many IT pundits have somehow amended and clarified it in their manner. Check out Sijin Joseph’s version: he described all categories’ skill levels for each practical and theoretical IT realm.

Junior developer

They’ve already made some initial steps in IT — but the core bulk of skills and knowledge still lies ahead for them. A good junior’s key feature is a wish to dig deeper into research, classify the found information, and draw the right conclusions. Of course, they need (and almost always have) mentors or team leads, but they should be interested in creative independence right from the start. Their code is far from ideal, often entangled and excessively complicated. Many junior programmers (mobile application developers included) register on bidding marketplaces (like Freelancer or 99Designs) to complete paid projects while learning.

Middle developer

They’re (surprise!) somewhere in the middle between juniors and seniors: they don’t need mentors (that’s one blocker less, ergo the tasks are completed faster), can find efficient and workable solutions, but they still can’t see the general detailed picture. Nevertheless, some promising middles can already clearly imagine the project’s aim and adjust their ongoing practical decisions. Such devs can become mentors for junior coders and expand their communication pool. Moreover, mid-level engineers frequently follow best practices and standards, minimizing failures and easing collaboration.

Bidding vs. vetting marketplaces

There are two main kinds of marketplaces out there. Bidding and vetting marketplaces are different in filtering the offered specialists. The former let everyone register and mainly don’t check credentials. The latter have a special set of pre-testing procedures. All the candidates you see on the pages of vetting marketplaces have already been checked.

Bidding platforms

The principle is quite plain. Startup owners post their bids (job descriptions and money offers) and filter all the candidates themselves. The core principle is that of a reverse auction: the smaller the rate developer offers, the more chances they have to be hired. Have you seen any mentions of quality in the description? Neither have we.

Surely the most attended bidding marketplace, where you can get free hands for all your startup tasks. Just punch «freelancer» in Google — and you’ll land here with no sweat. All the pros and cons of bidding marketplaces included: candidates are copious, but we’d rather look for senior Android developers elsewhere.

PeoplePerHour is the «longest-running freelance website in the UK»‎ (functions since 2007), where you can hire web engineers from Great Britain. 15 years of experience suffice for gathering a decent talent pool — but do you want to hire senior Android developers with British salary expectations? Check your piggy bank twice.

Vetting platforms

If you’d rather spend your precious time with the startup owner on accelerating growth and looking for scaling channels, the vetting option is a blessing. All the candidates the Sales and Matching teams will offer you there are pre-vetted. It means the appropriate specialists have already checked their IT talents and thoroughly analyzed their profiles in professional networks. English proficiency check is considered a sign of good manners in the marketplace realm: skillful senior Android developers just can’t go without good English, helping them to communicate with clients worldwide.

This vetting marketplace boasts of connecting the top 1% of the world’s programming talents with the Valley startups. The «intelligent talent cloud»‎ technology, partly AI-based vetting procedure, and bountiful onboarding tools make finding developers with Turing an exciting adventure. Worth trying for experiment fans.

Hiring senior Android developers through Lemon.io

After contacting our Sales squad, wait for them to reach out.

You can share your wants, needs, and expectations on the discovery call. The more you clarify, the easier it will be for us to find you the best senior Android developer.

Nowadays, we accept developers from nearly all European countries and Latin America.

In 2-3 business days, we will offer you the first couple of candidates. You’re free to accept or decline them — if there’s no chemistry between you, we’ll pick up some more!

On the job interview, you can ask any kind of questions. Live coding sessions are also a pretty viable option.
Your cooperation will start immediately after the final decision!

Such a rigid triage permits only small number of candidates go through and end up in our talent pool — fit and ready for hiring. If you’re still unsure about some points of our vetting, feel free to scan our detailed material on that.