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Android Engineer jobs are among the most OPT-friendly roles in tech. Employers regularly sponsor H-1B visas for Android engineers, and your 12-month OPT period (36 months with STEM OPT extension) gives you a strong runway to secure sponsorship. Your Android skills transfer directly into high-demand product teams.
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Get Access To All JobsThe Digital Consumer team powers digital experiences and engagement to enhance the lives of millions of people every day through connected care. We build, deliver, and manage a portfolio of data management platforms and mobile offerings in support of our core businesses. We thrive on simple and elegant architecture, strong engineering practices, and agility. You’ll be immersed in a dynamic high-growth environment and empowered to excel, take informed risks, and drive ingenuity across the enterprise.
Location - San Diego, Hybrid
About the Role
As an Android Engineer, you will be part of a highly collaborative team working on modern mobile technologies in the growing digital health space. We’re a team of engineers, designers, and product professionals who are passionate about creating meaningful experiences that help people around the world breathe easier.
You will be part of a team that partners closely with UX designers, product managers, and platform engineers to build and evolve shared UI foundations used throughout our digital consumer experiences. You will also collaborate with product teams to ensure these foundations enable the delivery of high-quality customer experiences across our mobile applications.
You will work closely with talented engineers, designers, product managers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver industry-leading mobile applications while helping establish patterns and components that can be leveraged across teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality Android applications and shared mobile components
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and evolution of reusable UI components and shared Android frameworks
- Partner closely with UX designers to translate design patterns into scalable, accessible, and maintainable Android implementations
- Help drive consistency, quality, and usability across our mobile applications through shared components and best practices
- Collaborate with engineers and product owners to identify software solutions to complex problems in our industry
- Advocate for accessibility, performance, reliability, and developer experience when building shared mobile solutions
- Collaborate with engineers across teams, including iOS counterparts, to encourage consistency and continuous improvement of shared mobile capabilities
- Take a quality-first approach to software development by producing unit tests and supporting automated functional testing wherever possible
- Leverage modern development tools, including AI-assisted engineering workflows, to improve productivity, code quality, and team effectiveness
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other developers
- Support other engineers through collaboration, pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
- Contribute to technical discussions and participate in technical interviews as appropriate
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
- Hands-on experience developing Android applications using Kotlin
- Experience with modern Android development practices, including Jetpack, Coroutines, and Android architecture components
- Experience with Jetpack Compose
- Understanding of Android application architecture and common design patterns such as MVVM or clean architecture
- Experience contributing to production mobile applications
- Experience with Continuous Integration, automated testing, and mobile release workflows
- Experience writing unit tests and supporting automated UI or integration testing
- Experience collaborating with designers and cross-functional product teams
- Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design principles
- Experience working with REST APIs, GraphQL, or other service integrations
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline; or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, including Android development
Preferred:
- Experience working with peripherals, wearables, and Bluetooth is desirable
- Experience building reusable UI components, frameworks, or shared libraries
- Experience contributing to or implementing a mobile Design System
- Experience working with modular Android architectures
- Experience with Gradle, dependency management, and scalable build practices
- Experience collaborating with iOS engineers to deliver consistent cross-platform experiences
- Experience with performance profiling, accessibility testing, and mobile app quality practices
- Familiarity with Android app distribution, observability, crash reporting, and analytics tools
Why join us
At Resmed, you’ll be part of a mission driven company focused on improving health and quality of life. This role offers high visibility, the chance to learn from senior brand leaders, and the opportunity to shape how Resmed shows up across global markets. You’ll grow your skills in brand strategy, cross functional collaboration, and brand governance at scale.
We are shaping the future at Resmed, and we recognize the need to build on and broaden our existing skills and continue to attract and retain the world’s best talent. We work hard to offer holistic benefits packages, provide flexible work arrangements, cultivate a workforce culture that allows employees to grow personally and professionally, and deliver competitive salaries to our team members. Employees scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits. This position qualifies for the following benefits package: comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, sleep care management, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and tuition assistance. Employees receive Flexible Time Off (FTO), receive 11 paid holidays plus 3 floating days and are eligible for 14 weeks of primary caregiver or two weeks of secondary caregiver leave when welcoming new family members.
Individual pay decisions are based on a variety of factors, such as the candidate’s geographic work location, relevant qualifications, work experience, and skills.
At Resmed, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current base range for this position is: $111,000 - $167,000 USD.
Joining us is more than saying “yes” to making the world a healthier place. It’s discovering a career that’s challenging, supportive and inspiring. Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals, but also create new ones. We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates. If this sounds like the workplace for you, apply now! We commit to respond to every applicant.
The Digital Consumer team powers digital experiences and engagement to enhance the lives of millions of people every day through connected care. We build, deliver, and manage a portfolio of data management platforms and mobile offerings in support of our core businesses. We thrive on simple and elegant architecture, strong engineering practices, and agility. You’ll be immersed in a dynamic high-growth environment and empowered to excel, take informed risks, and drive ingenuity across the enterprise.
Location - San Diego, Hybrid
About the Role
As an Android Engineer, you will be part of a highly collaborative team working on modern mobile technologies in the growing digital health space. We’re a team of engineers, designers, and product professionals who are passionate about creating meaningful experiences that help people around the world breathe easier.
You will be part of a team that partners closely with UX designers, product managers, and platform engineers to build and evolve shared UI foundations used throughout our digital consumer experiences. You will also collaborate with product teams to ensure these foundations enable the delivery of high-quality customer experiences across our mobile applications.
You will work closely with talented engineers, designers, product managers, architects, and stakeholders to deliver industry-leading mobile applications while helping establish patterns and components that can be leveraged across teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality Android applications and shared mobile components
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and evolution of reusable UI components and shared Android frameworks
- Partner closely with UX designers to translate design patterns into scalable, accessible, and maintainable Android implementations
- Help drive consistency, quality, and usability across our mobile applications through shared components and best practices
- Collaborate with engineers and product owners to identify software solutions to complex problems in our industry
- Advocate for accessibility, performance, reliability, and developer experience when building shared mobile solutions
- Collaborate with engineers across teams, including iOS counterparts, to encourage consistency and continuous improvement of shared mobile capabilities
- Take a quality-first approach to software development by producing unit tests and supporting automated functional testing wherever possible
- Leverage modern development tools, including AI-assisted engineering workflows, to improve productivity, code quality, and team effectiveness
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other developers
- Support other engineers through collaboration, pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
- Contribute to technical discussions and participate in technical interviews as appropriate
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
- Hands-on experience developing Android applications using Kotlin
- Experience with modern Android development practices, including Jetpack, Coroutines, and Android architecture components
- Experience with Jetpack Compose
- Understanding of Android application architecture and common design patterns such as MVVM or clean architecture
- Experience contributing to production mobile applications
- Experience with Continuous Integration, automated testing, and mobile release workflows
- Experience writing unit tests and supporting automated UI or integration testing
- Experience collaborating with designers and cross-functional product teams
- Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design principles
- Experience working with REST APIs, GraphQL, or other service integrations
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline; or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, including Android development
Preferred:
- Experience working with peripherals, wearables, and Bluetooth is desirable
- Experience building reusable UI components, frameworks, or shared libraries
- Experience contributing to or implementing a mobile Design System
- Experience working with modular Android architectures
- Experience with Gradle, dependency management, and scalable build practices
- Experience collaborating with iOS engineers to deliver consistent cross-platform experiences
- Experience with performance profiling, accessibility testing, and mobile app quality practices
- Familiarity with Android app distribution, observability, crash reporting, and analytics tools
Why join us
At Resmed, you’ll be part of a mission driven company focused on improving health and quality of life. This role offers high visibility, the chance to learn from senior brand leaders, and the opportunity to shape how Resmed shows up across global markets. You’ll grow your skills in brand strategy, cross functional collaboration, and brand governance at scale.
We are shaping the future at Resmed, and we recognize the need to build on and broaden our existing skills and continue to attract and retain the world’s best talent. We work hard to offer holistic benefits packages, provide flexible work arrangements, cultivate a workforce culture that allows employees to grow personally and professionally, and deliver competitive salaries to our team members. Employees scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits. This position qualifies for the following benefits package: comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, sleep care management, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and tuition assistance. Employees receive Flexible Time Off (FTO), receive 11 paid holidays plus 3 floating days and are eligible for 14 weeks of primary caregiver or two weeks of secondary caregiver leave when welcoming new family members.
Individual pay decisions are based on a variety of factors, such as the candidate’s geographic work location, relevant qualifications, work experience, and skills.
At Resmed, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current base range for this position is: $111,000 - $167,000 USD.
Joining us is more than saying “yes” to making the world a healthier place. It’s discovering a career that’s challenging, supportive and inspiring. Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals, but also create new ones. We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates. If this sounds like the workplace for you, apply now! We commit to respond to every applicant.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as an Android Engineer
Target companies with active H-1B filing histories
Prioritize employers who have consistently filed H-1B petitions for software engineers. Companies with a track record of sponsoring Android engineers are far more likely to extend your status when OPT ends than those doing it for the first time.
Apply before your OPT start date if possible
Hiring timelines for Android roles average six to ten weeks. Starting your search two to three months before OPT begins gives you time to clear interviews and onboard without putting pressure on your authorization window.
Highlight STEM OPT eligibility upfront
If your degree is in computer science, software engineering, or a related STEM field, mention your 36-month OPT eligibility early. This directly reduces employer H-1B lottery risk and removes the main objection most hiring managers raise.
Build a portfolio with shipped Android apps
Employers sponsoring OPT students want low-risk hires. A Google Play portfolio with real users signals production-level competence and shortens the evaluation process, making you a stronger candidate than someone with only coursework or side projects.
Understand the CAP-exempt H-1B path as a backup
Universities, nonprofits, and government research labs are CAP-exempt, meaning they can file H-1B petitions year-round without lottery risk. These employers are worth considering if your OPT timeline does not align with the April H-1B filing window.
Be specific about your OPT end date and STEM extension eligibility
Ambiguity about your authorization timeline slows decisions. Know your exact OPT expiration date, whether you qualify for STEM extension, and your STEM extension deadline before any recruiter conversation about work authorization.
Android Engineer OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Android Engineer jobs commonly offer OPT sponsorship?
Yes. Android engineering is classified as a specialty occupation under USCIS guidelines, which makes it one of the more straightforward roles for H-1B sponsorship. Large consumer tech companies, startups, and enterprise software firms all hire Android engineers on OPT regularly. Migrate Mate filters specifically for OPT-friendly Android roles so you are not sorting through listings that exclude work authorization holders.
Does my STEM OPT extension apply to Android Engineer roles?
It does, provided your degree is in a qualifying STEM field such as computer science, software engineering, or information technology. STEM OPT extends your work authorization from 12 to 36 months and requires your employer to be E-Verify enrolled. Most mid-size and larger tech companies already meet this requirement, so it rarely creates a barrier for Android engineering positions.
What happens to my OPT status if I switch Android engineering jobs?
You can change employers during OPT as long as the new role is directly related to your degree field and you report the change to your DSO within ten days. Android engineering typically satisfies this requirement for computer science and software engineering graduates. Your 60-day grace period begins if you lose your job, so having a job offer before leaving your current role protects your status.
Can I work as a contract or freelance Android Engineer on OPT?
Self-employment and independent contracting are permitted on OPT if you are actively engaged in work directly related to your degree and can document it clearly. You must be generating income and doing substantive Android engineering work, not simply holding a company registration. This is more complex to document for DSO reporting and STEM OPT compliance, so most OPT students find traditional W-2 employment simpler to maintain status.
What types of employers hire Android Engineers on OPT most consistently?
Consumer app companies, fintech firms, healthcare technology companies, and large enterprise software organizations have the highest volume of Android engineering hires on OPT. These employers typically have existing H-1B sponsorship pipelines and immigration counsel on retainer, which streamlines the process significantly. Browse Android Engineer roles on Migrate Mate to see which employers are actively hiring OPT students right now.