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Hire a Mobile App Developer

Hire a mobile app developer without paying $130K+ a year. Get pre-vetted, AI-fluent mobile app developers starting at $4.5K per month. We handle sourcing, vetting, payroll, and compliance so you can ship App Store updates on a regular cadence, fix the crashes hurting your ratings, and stop letting your app fall behind your web product.

Mobile App Developer ยท At a Glance
Starting pricefrom $4.5K/mo
Typical local cost$11Kโ€“$13.5K/mo
Overhead reductionup to 70%
Embedded within30 days
Experience level3โ€“7+ years
โœ“ Skills-tested for the role โœ“ AI-fluency assessed โœ“ Remote Readiness Score

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A Better Way to Hire a Mobile App Developer

Mobile has a way of becoming the neglected child of a product team. The app that mattered enough to build now ships one update a quarter, crash reports pile up unread, and iOS review rejections stall releases for weeks. Local mobile specialists are scarce and expensive, so web work keeps winning the budget argument. Our model closes that gap with vetted mobile developers who give your app a dedicated owner again.

Every candidate passes structured skills-based testing, real-world scenario evaluation building and debugging production app features, and a hands-on AI fluency assessment. When you hire a mobile app developer through us, they are shipping builds to TestFlight within 30 days, and we handle the employment contract, payroll, and compliance from day one.

What does a Mobile App Developer do?

A mobile app developer builds and maintains your iOS and Android apps, from features and fixes through store submission. A dedicated one means your app gets the steady attention your reviews say it needs.

  • Build features in Swift, Kotlin, React Native, or Flutter that feel native, smooth scrolling, sensible gestures, no jank
  • Triage crash reports in Firebase Crashlytics and fix the top offenders dragging your store rating down
  • Manage releases end to end, code signing, TestFlight builds, staged rollouts, and store review responses
  • Handle the mobile-specific hard parts, push notifications, offline sync, deep links, and battery-friendly background work

When is it time to Hire a Mobile App Developer?

The trigger is a one-star review that says the app crashes on launch, posted three weeks after the crash reports started piling up.

Your app has not shipped a meaningful update in months while the web product moves weekly

Crash-free rates are slipping and your store rating is drifting down with them

An OS update or store policy change is looming and nobody owns getting ready for it

Your web developers are patching the mobile app reluctantly, and it shows in the reviews

Ready to Hire a Mobile App Developer? Give your app the owner your reviews are asking for.

Hire a Mobile App Developer

When we say the best, we mean it

We only work with the top 5% of candidates when companies hire mobile app developer through us. Every candidate is skills-tested on the exact work this role does, assessed for AI fluency on real tasks, and scored with our proprietary Remote Readiness Score โ€” built from 1,000+ successful remote hires โ€” before they reach your team.

Sweats the native details, launch time, scroll performance, gestures, that decide how an app feels

Treats crash-free rate and startup metrics as their scoreboard, reviewed weekly

Navigates App Store and Play Store review rules cleanly, avoiding week-long rejection cycles

Tests across old devices, flaky networks, and low batteries, where mobile bugs actually live

Tested to get in. Trained to stay ahead.

Testing

Three tests, then a human interview

1
Role skills150+ assessments, built for the exact role they'll do for you
2
Remote readinessOur proprietary Remote Readiness Score โ€” built from 1,000+ successful hires
3
AI fluencyReal tasks with a live LLM โ€” prompting, workflows, judgment
4
Interviewed by a real humanTop scorers meet one of our recruiters before you ever see them
Only the top 5% get in See the tests โ†’
NEVER STOPS
Training

Then they keep getting better

Your hirealways in training
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How We Find You Amazing Talent in 30 Days

01

You Specify a Role

You share job description, core requirements & key skills we should screen for.

02

We Source Talent

We run skills-based testing and manual screening, then deliver 3-5 candidates.

03

We Confirm Alignment

We confirm each candidate is interested in your role & aligned with your company.

04

You Interview & Select

You interview each candidate and, if needed, run a 1-2 hour test project.

05

We Handle Onboarding

We handle identity verification, NDA, compliant contracts & full payroll setup.

06

Your Hire Starts Working

Talent is embedded into your team and works like any other team member.

How much does it cost to Hire a Mobile App Developer?

Hiring a mobile app developer locally typically costs $11,000 to $13,500 per month once you factor in salary, benefits, and overhead. With our model, you can reduce that cost by up to 70% while still getting a full-time mobile app developer working directly inside your app codebase, crash reporting, and release pipeline.

Hiring locally
$11Kโ€“$13.5K/mo
Salary, benefits, and overhead factored in
Through us
from $4.5K/mo
Employment, contracts, and HR administration handled entirely on our side

We handle the employment side, contracts, payroll, benefits, and HR admin, while they ship your releases. When you hire a mobile app developer this way, the momentum compounds, regular updates, healthier ratings, and an app that keeps pace with your product instead of trailing it.

Common Questions

How quickly can a mobile app developer start?
Most teams have their developer shipping test builds within 30 days of the first call. We present a shortlist in days, you interview, and we handle contracts and store access setup.
How experienced are your mobile app developers?
Typically 3โ€“7+ years building production apps with real users in the stores, including full release cycles, store submissions, and the crash-fixing that follows every launch.
How do you vet mobile app developers?
Structured skills-based testing, a real-world evaluation building and debugging app features under realistic constraints, and a hands-on AI fluency assessment. Release management experience is verified directly.
What frameworks and tools do they know?
Swift, Kotlin, React Native, and Flutter, plus Xcode, Android Studio, Firebase, and App Store Connect. Tell us whether you are native or cross-platform and we shortlist accordingly.
Native or cross-platform, which do they cover?
Both. We place native iOS and Android specialists as well as React Native and Flutter developers, and we can advise which fits if you are deciding between the two.
Can they work in my time zone?
Yes. When you hire a mobile app developer through us, candidates are matched to your hours, so release days and urgent crash fixes happen while your team is online.
How is this different from a mobile app agency?
An agency builds version one and charges again for every change. Your developer here is full-time and dedicated, maintaining and improving your app continuously as part of your team.

Hire a Mobile App Developer today

Dedicated mobile expertise, a release cadence your users notice, and a monthly cost that ends the web-versus-app budget fight. Hire a mobile app developer and get your rating moving up.

Hire a Mobile App Developer