Application Users - Android Studio on macOS - Code

What you'll do

This is the Android Studio entry in Mercor's "Application Users" family, aimed at Android and mobile developers working in Kotlin or Java who build apps in Google's IDE on a Mac.

The ad specifies the environment and the screen, not the work. You need Android Studio on your own Mac running macOS, ready to open today, and a display that captures high-resolution screenshots. Nothing is said about tasks, the client or duration. Listings in this shape tend to involve real sessions inside the application (building, debugging, navigating the emulator, Gradle and layout editors) captured for AI training, particularly for coding and computer-use agents. That is our interpretation; confirm it at screening.

The "Code" tier label suggests Mercor expects developer-level competence. If you ship Android apps, you are the target.

Who fits

• Android Studio installed on your own Mac, running macOS, openable today. No hardware, licences or VMs are provided
• Hands-on Android development experience in Kotlin or Java
• A display above 2.5 megapixels. The ad names the built-in screens on the MacBook Pro 14" (3024×1964) and 16" (3456×2234) as qualifying on their own. A single 1080p external monitor does not; two 1080p-plus monitors spanned together do. If you use another Mac, check your screenshot resolution against the threshold before applying

No degree, years or country requirement is stated.

What it pays

$55–65 per hour, the "Code" tier. That is $10 above the STEM application listings and $25 above the Generalist creative ones, and just below the $60–70 operating-system and Office listings. Mercor's VMware Fusion (macOS) and Quartus II listings carry the same $55–65 band.

Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise, based on services rendered.

Worth knowing

Good:

• The software is free, so the only hardware cost is the Mac and display most Android developers on macOS already have
• Strong pay for the family, with no degree requirement
• Busy: 28 hires on this listing this month when we checked
• Remote, own schedule, weekly pay stated upfront

Less good:

• No task description, hours or duration
• Projects can be extended, shortened or concluded early
• H-1B and STEM OPT candidates excluded
• Independent contractor: no benefits and tax is yours

About this listing

A Mercor remote hourly contract, read on 24 September 2026. Pay, platform and screen requirements, payment terms and the visa limitation are the ad's own. The ad says the work involves no confidential or proprietary information from any employer or client, so keep employer codebases closed. See Mercor.