Mobile App Developer - (iOS/Android)

Pavago

$90K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional mobile application development experience
  • Proficient in Swift / Kotlin and React Native / Flutter or equivalent frameworks
  • Experience with app publishing on Apple App Store and Google Play Store
  • Strong grasp of mobile architecture, API integrations, state management, and debugging
  • Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and Git-based changes.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain mobile applications for iOS and Android
  • Implement responsive UI from design specifications in Figma and Sketch
  • Build new user-facing features and enhance app usability
  • Collaborate closely with product and design teams
  • Conduct debugging and performance optimization
  • Manage app releases and ensure compliance with app store standards
  • Monitor application performance and stability

Benefits

  • Fully remote work with U.S. business hours
  • High ownership of app quality and user experience
  • Opportunities for career growth into senior roles
  • Access to modern mobile frameworks and tools
  • Cross-functional collaboration with diverse teams
Full Job Description
Mobile App Developer (iOS / Android / React Native / Flutter) - Remote

Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. Business Hours

About the Role

At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring a Mobile App Developer to build, maintain, and optimize modern mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys:
  • building polished mobile experiences
  • shipping production-ready applications
  • solving performance challenges
  • collaborating closely with product, design, and backend teams

You'll work across:
  • native mobile development
  • cross-platform frameworks
  • API integrations
  • release management
  • performance optimization
  • mobile architecture

This is not just a maintenance role.

We're looking for someone who can:
  • build features end-to-end
  • ship reliably
  • improve user experience
  • contribute to scalable mobile products used in real-world environments


What You'll Own
Mobile Application Development
  • Build and maintain mobile applications using:
    • Swift / Objective-C (iOS)
    • Kotlin / Java (Android)
    • React Native
    • Flutter
  • Implement responsive, pixel-perfect mobile interfaces from:
    • Figma
    • Sketch
    • design prototypes
  • Develop scalable and maintainable mobile architectures
  • Integrate APIs and backend services using:
    • REST APIs
    • GraphQL
    • authentication systems


Feature Development & Product Delivery
  • Build new user-facing mobile features
  • Collaborate with:
    • product managers
    • designers
    • backend engineers
  • Improve app functionality, responsiveness, and usability
  • Ensure cross-device and cross-platform compatibility
  • Contribute to sprint planning and feature prioritization


Testing, QA & Reliability
  • Write and maintain:
    • unit tests
    • UI tests
    • automated test coverage
  • Debug:
    • crashes
    • memory leaks
    • performance bottlenecks
    • device-specific issues
  • Maintain high-quality coding standards and testing reliability
  • Support CI/CD integration for testing and deployments


Release Management & Deployment
  • Manage releases through:
    • TestFlight
    • Apple App Store
    • Google Play Console
  • Prepare:
    • release builds
    • metadata
    • release notes
    • store compliance requirements
  • Ensure applications meet Apple and Google review standards
  • Maintain reliable deployment workflows


Performance Optimization & Monitoring
  • Monitor app performance using:
    • Firebase Crashlytics
    • Sentry
    • New Relic
  • Optimize:
    • startup performance
    • memory usage
    • battery efficiency
    • responsiveness
  • Improve application stability and crash-free sessions


Security & Compliance
  • Implement:
    • secure authentication
    • OAuth2
    • JWT
    • secure local storage
  • Ensure compliance with:
    • GDPR
    • HIPAA
    • SOC 2
    • platform security standards
  • Protect sensitive user and API data


What Makes You a Strong Fit
  • You care deeply about mobile user experience
  • You write clean, maintainable, production-ready code
  • You balance rapid iteration with scalable architecture
  • You enjoy debugging and solving technical problems
  • You communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • You thrive in fast-moving product environments


Requirements (Must-Have)
Experience
  • 3+ years of professional mobile application development experience
  • Strong experience with:
    • Swift / Kotlin
    • React Native
    • Flutter
    • or equivalent mobile frameworks
  • Experience publishing applications to:
    • Apple App Store
    • Google Play Store


Technical Skills
  • Strong understanding of:
    • mobile architecture
    • API integrations
    • state management
    • debugging
    • mobile performance optimization
  • Familiarity with:
    • CI/CD workflows
    • Fastlane
    • Bitrise
    • Git workflows


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience building applications with:
    • push notifications
    • chat systems
    • live updates
    • in-app purchases
  • Experience scaling applications with:
    • 10K+ downloads
    • active production user bases
  • Familiarity with:
    • Firebase Analytics
    • Mixpanel
    • Amplitude
  • Industry experience in:
    • SaaS
    • fintech
    • healthcare
    • e-commerce


Tools & Technologies
  • Swift / Kotlin
  • React Native / Flutter
  • REST APIs / GraphQL
  • Firebase Crashlytics
  • Sentry / New Relic
  • Fastlane / Bitrise
  • Git / CI-CD workflows


What a Typical Day Looks Like
  • Attend sprint standups and review feature priorities
  • Build and improve mobile application features
  • Integrate APIs and backend services
  • Test functionality across devices and operating systems
  • Debug crashes and optimize performance
  • Collaborate with designers for pixel-perfect UI implementation
  • Prepare builds and manage deployments
  • Maintain clean repositories and documentation

In short:
You help build high-quality mobile applications that are fast, reliable, secure, and optimized for user experience.

Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)
  • Crash-free sessions 60; 99.5%
  • App store ratings 60; 4.5 stars
  • On-time sprint and feature delivery
  • Reduced bug backlog and release delays
  • Improved application performance and responsiveness
  • Increased user adoption, retention, and engagement


Why This Role Stands Out
  • Opportunity to work on real-world production mobile applications
  • Exposure to modern mobile frameworks and tooling
  • High ownership over app quality and user experience
  • Cross-functional collaboration with product and design teams
  • Opportunity to scale applications and improve mobile infrastructure
  • Strong growth potential into:
    • Senior Mobile Engineer
    • Mobile Architect
    • Engineering Leadership


Interview Process
  • Initial Phone Screen
  • Video Interview with Recruiter
  • Technical Assessment (feature build or API integration exercise)
  • Client Interview with Engineering/Product Team
  • Offer 6amp; Onboarding


Apply Now

If you:
  • enjoy building mobile applications
  • love solving performance and UX challenges
  • thrive in fast-moving development environments
  • want to work on scalable production apps

this role is a strong opportunity to grow within modern mobile engineering and product development.

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