-Shipped real Android software. At least one app on Google Play, or a substantial Android codebase at a company. We care more about products you've shipped than years on a resume — a junior who's shipped 2 real apps beats a senior who's stagnated.
-Solid Kotlin + modern stack. Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flow, Room (or SQLDelight) in production. If your last 3 years were XML + RxJava + AsyncTask and you haven't picked up Compose yet, this isn't the right fit.
-Genuine AI-coding-assistant fluency. Not "I use ChatGPT to debug sometimes" — we mean Claude Code / Cursor / Copilot integrated into your daily dev loop, with opinions on workflow. We bias hard toward fast learners over stack-stubborn experts; this is the single most important non-Android skill we screen for.
-Authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship. Citizen / GC / EAD / TN. We can't sponsor H1-B for this role.
-Willingness to work full-time in our Santa Clara office. This is an in-office role, 5 days/week. Not remote, not hybrid.