Hire mobile app developers who own the release, not just the code

One strong hire is usually enough when a single cross-platform codebase covers both platforms, or when one platform genuinely leads. You need one engineer per platform when both need dedicated native depth and have to ship in parallel at pace — asking one generalist to do both at full depth just moves the bottleneck rather than removing it. We'll tell you honestly which situation you're in.

Seniority is the largest factor, then whether the role needs native depth on one or two platforms versus a cross-platform generalist, then how much of your working day needs covering. We put a written role profile together first — platform, seniority band, ownership — so the number you're comparing is specific to the role, not a range off a pricing page, and a shortlist follows once that's agreed.

A marketplace matches you to a freelancer and steps back; the engineer's incentives, tooling and career sit outside the arrangement. Our mobile engineers are in-house and salaried, reviewed internally, and someone here is accountable for their growth and for whether they stay on your work. We are not the lowest number you'll be quoted — we compete on the seniority of the person and on how long they stay once they know your release history.

They join your board, your repository, your branching rules and your release cadence rather than running a parallel plan. Our team works from Punjab, India, which gives a natural afternoon overlap with the UK and Europe; for US clients engineers shift later so your morning is covered. We agree the specific window before anyone starts.

Everything an engineer writes for you is yours, in your repository, from the first commit, and you keep control of your own App Store Connect and Play Console accounts. They sign your NDA, work under your access controls, and can be restricted to company-managed devices or VPN-only access where your policy requires it. If you later want the work handed to an internal hire, we document and hand over rather than making that difficult.

When you need both platforms shipped at full depth and in parallel right now — one generalist stretched across two native stacks will be slower than two focused specialists, and we'll say so rather than placing someone into a role that's really two roles. It's also the wrong fit if the app depends on specialist territory like heavy AR or custom graphics work that sits outside general mobile engineering; that needs a narrower specialist than a standard mobile hire.

Yes, and we'd push back if you didn't want to. We screen first so you're not sifting CVs, then you run whatever process you use for permanent hires — pairing, code review, a walk through a real release, your call. You can reject anyone without justifying it, and nobody joins your team on our say-so alone.

Our own in-house engineers in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab — 45+ of them, with over a decade of combined delivery experience, delivering for clients in 15+ countries. Nothing is subcontracted, and nobody joins your team without you interviewing them first. Once someone is placed, everything they write is committed to your repository from day one, so ownership was never in question.