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Founder at ProCloud Consulting, US
I recommend Lemon to anyone looking for top-quality engineering talent. We previously worked with TopTal and many others, but Lemon gives us consistently incredible candidates.
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Co-Founder & COO at SimplyWise, US
I've worked with some incredible devs in my career, but the experience I am having with my dev through Lemon.io is so 🔥. I feel invincible as a founder. So thankful to you and the team!
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All our developers are fully vetted and tested for both soft and hard skills. No surprises!
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Things happen, but you have a customer success manager and a 100% free replacement guarantee to get it covered.
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Why hire dedicated Mobile Developers through Lemon.io?

Your growth is tied to your team. So, when your devs are overworked, your growth suffers. With Lemon.io, you can find mobile app developers for hire immediately, boosting your team’s efficiency and clearing the road to your success.

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Hiring mobile app developers can take months. Get access to a pool of 1300+ vetted senior engineers who are ready to start today.

High-quality hires

Inundated with endless CVs? Every one of our devs goes through a four-step screening process to ensure you get to pick from the best.

Talent, guaranteed

Every hire is a risk. Gain confidence with our replacement guarantee. We don’t ask questions, we just replace your dev for free.

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FAQ about hiring Mobile developers

How much to hire a Mobile Developer?

The cost to hire a Mobile Developer could vary because of different factors: first of all, a Mobile Developer can cooperate with you as an employee or as an independent contractor. If you are seeking an employee, you can pay a base salary and additional pay, but for independent contractors, usually, only one rate is used, which includes all payments. The base pay for hiring a Senior Mobile Developer as an employee in the US, San Jose, ranges from $137K – $185K, according to GlassDoor. The additional pay is $42K – $79K per year.

Where can I find a Mobile Developer?

To find the right Senior Mobile Developer for a remote full-time project, check local or global websites that provide job publishing services—such as Indeed, LinkedIn, GlassDoor, and Dice. In this case, you should be ready to review a large number of CVs, conduct screening calls, hard skills interviews, communicate with candidates, and support other processes relevant to the hiring process. However, going through numerous of devs resumes and profiles can be extremely time-consuming and overwhelming, as well as communication, setuping up interviews and tech tasks to find the best candidates.
If you prefer to cut this chase and focus on other tasks, Lemon.io is at your service. We will select for you 2-3 vetted candidates who meet all your requirements in 48 hours.

How to hire a Mobile Developer?

To hire a Senior Mobile Developer, you should be ready to review a large number of CVs, conduct screening calls, hard skills interviews, communicate with candidates, and support other processes relevant to the hiring process. Also, it’s necessary to consider the budget, timeline, requirements and type of employment: you can hire a Mobile Developer as an employee or work with them as an independent contractor. In both cases, Lemon.io can help you find the perfect candidate for your project.

How much does it cost to develop a mobile application?

The cost to develop the mobile application is possible to calculate only if you have all the information about the progect. The average budget for developing a simple app ranges from $5K to $50K, for more complex apps, development expenses can be $50K – $150K.

Are Mobile Developers still in demand?

Yes, Mobile Developers are in high demand. The usage of mobile apps is increasing an we are observing stable growth in demand for mobile development.

What is the Lemon.io no-risk trial period?

A no-risk paid trial at Lemon.io is up to 20 prepaid hours, which helps clients check how the Mobile Engineer completes real tasks on their projects. Otherwise, we offer a zero-risk replacement guarantee: we will find a new Mobile Engineer for your project if the previous one doesn’t meet your expectations or misses deadlines. It hasn’t happened to us before, but we promise to do it if needed.

How quickly can I hire a Mobile Developer through Lemon.io?

You can hire a Mobile developer through Lemon.io in 48 hours. During this time, we will manually find the candidate relevant to your requirements. Our main target is to provide a comfortable and fast hiring process for our clients, and we can achieve this because of our marketplace model: we have a community of Senior Software Engineers who are already pre-screened.
To ensure that the Mobile Developers who join our community have a high level of skills and great technical background, here are the vetting stages they must successfully pass: VideoAsk, completion of their me.lemon profile, a screening call with our recruiters that includes various technical questions, and a technical interview with our developers.

What is the vetting process for developers at Lemon.io?

The vetting process for developers at Lemon.io consists of the following stages: VideoAsk, completion of their me.lemon profile, a screening call with our recruiters that includes various technical questions, and a technical interview with our developers.

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How remote hiring can supercharge your startup

With the right team, your startup can do anything. But finding devs that excel in their role and work well in a fast-paced team environment isn’t easy.

By hiring remotely, you can leverage a worldwide talent pool and lower living costs across the globe to find devs who deliver the skills you need at a price you can afford.

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Increased access to talent

When you’re stuck hiring mobile app developers in-house, your talent pool is shallow. Access an ocean of talent with remote hiring.

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Decreased dev costs

The devs closest to most tech companies are the most expensive. Widen your hiring net and find outstanding talent you can afford.

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Increased agility

Long hiring processes make it impossible to respond to challenges fast enough. Remote contractors help you quickly deal with issues so your team doesn’t get overwhelmed.

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Decreased overhead

Offices and computers are expensive. Remote devs lower your workspace costs by bringing their own, so you can keep your overhead low.

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Hiring Guide: Mobile Developers

Looking to hire mobile developers? Whether you're targeting iOS, Android, or cross-platform apps, picking the right mobile engineering talent can make or break your product’s success. Mobile apps demand unique expertise—in UI/UX, native performance, asynchronous networking, and device fragmentation—that general web developers often lack. This hiring guide walks you through how to evaluate, onboard, and maximise mobile talent so your app not only ships, but thrives.

Why Hire Dedicated Mobile Developers?

Mobile development isn’t just ‘app’ development—it’s device-specific, OS-specific, and user-experience-specific. Users expect apps that feel native, perform smoothly, handle offline states well, and integrate seamlessly with device hardware (camera, sensors, GPS, biometrics). Hiring mobile developers ensures you get a team well versed in platform constraints, user expectations (App Store/Play Store), and system integrations that keep your product reliable and competitive.

Core Responsibilities of Mobile Developers

     
  • Design, build and maintain mobile apps for iOS, Android or both.
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  • Ensure performance, responsiveness and stability across devices and OS versions.
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  • Implement offline support, caching, push notifications, background tasks.
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  • Connect to backend APIs, cloud services, and integrate mobile-specific features (GPS, biometrics, AR/VR).
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  • Collaborate with UX/UI designers to deliver pixel-perfect interfaces and user flows.
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  • Deploy and maintain apps via App Store, Google Play, and manage versioning, feature flags, and analytics.

Key Skills to Look For

     
  • iOS stack: Swift, Objective-C, UIKit, SwiftUI, Xcode, TestFlight, Instruments.
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  • Android stack: Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, Android Studio, Play Console.
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  • Cross-platform stack: React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, .NET MAUI.
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  • Backend & API integration: REST/GraphQL, WebSockets, Firebase, AWS/Azure mobile services.
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  • DevOps & Monitoring: CI/CD (Fastlane, GitHub Actions, Bitrise), Crashlytics, performance monitoring (Firebase, Sentry).
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  • Soft Skills: Communication, device-agnostic thinking, rapid iteration, and user-centric mindset.

When to Hire Mobile Developers

     
  • You’re building a dedicated mobile product (consumer or enterprise) from scratch.
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  • You need to support iOS and/or Android with ongoing feature development.
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  • You have complex mobile-specific needs (offline sync, AR/VR, hardware integration, push workflows).
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  • Your mobile app performance or retention is suffering and needs specialist diagnostics.
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  • You’re scaling your mobile roadmap and need to build a small, stable team quickly.

How to Hire the Right Mobile Developer

1. Define Platform & Scope

Clarify whether your app is iOS only, Android only, or cross-platform. Define primary tech stack, hardware integrations, expected device support and key performance metrics. This helps target developers with the right platform experience.

2. Portfolio & App Review

Ask candidates to share live apps on App Store / Play Store. Review version history, ratings, crash trends, usage growth. Inspect for clean UI, performance on older devices, and responsiveness.

3. Technical Interview Focus

     
  • For iOS: Explain concurrency models (async/await, GCD, OperationQueue), memory leaks, Instruments profiling, App Store rollout.
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  • For Android: Discuss Jetpack Compose vs XML UI, Kotlin coroutines, work managers, fragmentation strategy.
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  • For cross-platform: Trade-offs between shared code and native modules, bridging, performance, platform expectations.

4. Technical Task

Assign a short challenge—build a mobile view with API fetch, local caching, pull-to-refresh, error handling and screen adaptation. Ask for one automated test and a short note on performance trade-offs.

Typical Cost of Hiring Mobile Developers

Rates depend on region, seniority, and platform expertise:

     
  • Junior Developers (1–3 years): £30–£50/hour
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  • Mid-Level Developers (3–5 years): £55–£85/hour
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  • Senior Developers (5+ years): £90–£130/hour

With Lemon.io, you can match with pre-vetted mobile developers who fit your stack—whether iOS, Android or cross-platform—and integrate into your workflow without long recruitment cycles.

Why Hire Through Lemon.io?

Lemon.io delivers vetted mobile specialists who’ve shipped high-quality apps and understand lifecycle, performance and release processes. We screen for technical depth, platform experience, communication clarity and cultural fit. This means you get mobile developers who can start delivering quickly, rather than ramping up.

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FAQs About Hiring Mobile Developers

 
  

Should I hire native iOS/Android or cross-platform mobile developers?

  
   

    It depends on your product goals. Native (iOS/Android) offers best performance and device-specific features; cross-platform offers faster time-to-market and code reuse. If you need deep platform capabilities or the best UX, go native; if you need faster delivery across both platforms and simpler scope, cross-platform may suffice.    

  
 
 
  

How do I evaluate a mobile developer’s portfolio?

  
   

    Check live app success (ratings, retention, updates), crash/error trends, UI responsiveness on older devices, built-in analytics, and how they handled feature iterations and maintenance.    

  
 
 
  

What’s the right time to hire full-time vs contract mobile developers?

  
   

    Hire full-time if mobile is core to your product and you need continuous feature development. Use contract/freelance for MVPs, short-term spikes, or prototypes.    

  
 
 
  

How many mobile developers do I need for a small product?

  
   

    For an MVP, 1–2 mobile developers (one frontend native, one backend/integration) can suffice. For full-scale, expect dedicated iOS, Android, QA, and product support resources.    

  
 
 
  

Can I hire remote mobile developers through Lemon.io?

  
   

    Yes. Lemon.io connects you with vetted remote mobile developers who fit your stack, timezone, and collaboration style—so you can scale your team globally.