Hire Kotlin Developers

Hire Kotlin Developers Without the Hiring

Skip the recruiting grind. Get senior Kotlin developers building your native Android app within 24 hours for a flat $1999/month.

$1999/month · Pause or cancel anytime

The Real Cost of Kotlin Development

Compare the true cost of hiring versus subscribing.

Option	Avg. Salary	Total Cost	Autive
Senior Kotlin/Android Developer	$130,000–170,000/yr	$168,000–220,000/yr	$1999/mo ($23,988/yr)
Android Agency Project	N/A	$25,000–150,000/project	$1999/mo, unlimited projects
Freelance Android Developer	$90–160/hr	$14,400–25,600/mo	$1999/mo flat

Senior Kotlin/Android Developer

Avg. Salary$130,000–170,000/yr

Total Cost$168,000–220,000/yr

Autive$1999/mo ($23,988/yr)

Android Agency Project

Avg. SalaryN/A

Total Cost$25,000–150,000/project

Autive$1999/mo, unlimited projects

Freelance Android Developer

Avg. Salary$90–160/hr

Total Cost$14,400–25,600/mo

Autive$1999/mo flat

The Challenge of Hiring Kotlin Developers

Traditional hiring comes with hidden costs and delays.

Senior Kotlin developers are hard to find

Most experienced Android developers transitioned from Java and vary widely in Kotlin proficiency. Finding someone who truly understands coroutines, flows, and Compose takes serious vetting.

Android fragmentation demands broad expertise

Supporting Android 8 through 15, foldables, tablets, and manufacturer-specific quirks requires battle-tested experience. A developer who's only built for Pixel phones will struggle with Samsung and Xiaomi edge cases.

One developer can't cover the full mobile stack

A quality Android app needs UI development, API integration, push notifications, analytics, CI/CD, and Play Store management. That breadth rarely fits in a single hire.

The Jetpack ecosystem changes every quarter

Google ships new Compose features, deprecates libraries, and updates best practices constantly. Your Android developer needs to invest significant time staying current, or your app accumulates tech debt.

Why a Subscription Beats Hiring

Get Kotlin expertise without the overhead of traditional hiring.

Full Android team for the price of a lunch budget

At $1999/month, you get senior Kotlin developers, UI specialists, and QA testers — for less than 7% of what a single Android developer costs your company annually.

Production builds in days, not months

No recruiting, no interviews, no three-month onboarding ramp. Submit your first feature request and receive working APK builds within 48 hours.

Stay current without dedicated maintenance staff

New Android version drops? We handle compatibility updates. Google deprecates an API? We migrate your code. Your app stays healthy without you managing the work.

Pause when your roadmap slows down

Between major releases with nothing to build? Pause the subscription and save. Resume the moment your next feature sprint begins — no re-onboarding required.

Pricing

One plan.
Unlimited everything.

No tiers, no hidden fees, no long-term contracts. No bluff.

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$1999

/ month

Pause or cancel anytime. 50% refund in the first 2 weeks.

✓Unlimited requests

✓Unlimited revisions

✓Unlimited projects

✓3 strategy calls / month

✓Dedicated client portal

✓Dedicated client manager

✓100% code & IP ownership

✓Pause or cancel anytime

Senior full-stack dev: $10,000+/mo + equity · Autive: $1999/mo

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know.

Our Android developers have 7+ years of production experience, including early Kotlin adoption and Jetpack Compose since its beta. They've shipped apps across e-commerce, fintech, health, and enterprise categories.

Yes. We regularly inherit Android codebases in various states — Java, Kotlin, or mixed. We review the architecture, stabilize what needs fixing, and start delivering new features immediately.

Our subscription covers all platforms. You can request Swift/iOS development alongside your Kotlin/Android work, or we can use Kotlin Multiplatform to share business logic between both apps.

Yes. We manage the entire Play Store lifecycle — store listing, screenshots, release tracks, staged rollouts, and any policy compliance issues that come up during review.

Absolutely. We offer a 2-week trial with a 50% refund guarantee. Start with a single feature or bug fix, evaluate our code quality and communication, and scale up when you're confident.