Netflix released an app for Apple's iPad tablet earlier this year, and the DVD rental company is apparently now setting its sites on Android-based devices.

Netflix recently published a job posting looking for an engineer that will help it "build Instant Streaming client implementations on Android devices."

The job posting did not elaborate on whether the engineer would be developing for tablets or smaller devices, like smartphones. Android-based smartphones have been growing in popularity lately, and a number of Android-based tablets are in the works.

"That job is posted but we're not commenting beyond that," a Netflix spokesman said in an e-mail.

The applicant must have at least 10 years of software development experience, and "a strong background in embedded and mobile development, specifically on media-enabled devices," according to the ad.

In a recent earnings call, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings said that the percentage of subscribers who used its "Watch Instantly" streaming service for 15 minutes or more during the second quarter jumped to 61 percent, up from 37 percent last year. He also reiterated that Netflix is evolving from a DVD-by-mail supplier to a streaming service.

Netflix released an app for Apple's iPad in April. Subscribers can watch the company's entire streaming library as often as they like.

The company recently inked a deal with Relativity Media to stream the studio's movies via Watch Instantly months after they are released in theaters, and announced plans to expand into Canada.