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How To Hire An IOS Developer

Finding highly skilled iOS app developers is always going to be challenging, but here are some key steps you should consider when remote hiring:

1. Create a good job description: Make a list of the main responsibilities and skill requirements, as well as a brief summary of the job. Be descriptive, yet concise: you’ll want your candidates to find out if the job is tailored to them in the first few seconds so they will be enticed to apply.
2. Find your candidates: Make a conscious effort of looking for people by yourself as well. Many highly skilled iOS developers aren’t actively looking for a new job but will consider it if the proposition is enticing for them.
3. Assess and filter your options: Conduct a thorough assessment and filter them until you have a handful of the best ones. These will be the ones you’ll get to interview and know more deeply before making the final decision.
4. Conduct interviews: Time to test your candidate’s knowledge and skills! In this stage, you’ll usually want a combination of technical interviews, as well as some coding challenges to assess their soft skills. After finding the best-qualified candidate, time to make them an offer!
5. Onboard your new hires:   Maintaining an employee happy is as important, if not more so, than hiring one, and you should make the transition as painless as possible. Integrate them with their team from day one and you’ll see immediate results!

You can hire iOS developers by using two types of services:

1. General marketplaces – Offer a large pool of unvetted candidates who often work freelance or per contract. These marketplaces are a good option for finding IOS app experts or specific short-term projects. Examples of these marketplaces include Upwork and Fiverr.
2. Specialized marketplaces – Platforms like DistantJob employ recruitment experts that curate a relatively smaller but higher quality list of developers tailored for specific markets. These marketplaces are extremely enticing for finding qualified candidates.

By working with specialized platforms, you´re guaranteed to find top iOS engineers anywhere in the work with the exact skills you need. You´ll access top talent by paying significantly lower salaries (but still competitive for their country of residence).

Skills To Look For in a iOS Developer

1. Programming Languages

Proficient with Swift, Objective-C, and Cocoa Touch. From iPhone to iPad to Apple TV to Apple Watch, Apple devices are mainly written in Swift, or with a combination of Swift and Objective-C. Keep in mind that almost all iOS libraries use these programming languages!

2. iOS Frameworks

Proficient with frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animations, etc. If your app doesn’t process an enormous amount of data, you can look for someone with expertise in iOS apps. If your app is processing a vast amount of data, like paths on a map or a history of selected purchases, you will need someone familiar with iOS frameworks.

3. Networking & Memory Management

A skilled iOS developer is familiar with app-side code for communicating with RESTful web service and instruments tools to analyze performance issues. Plus, memory management tools like ARC are crucial to handling data.

4. Debugging & Code Review

Every developer should be familiar with debugging tools in Xcode to maintain the code running smoothly with some experience in offline storage, threading, and performance tuning. For peer code reviews, you will need a senior dev to improve the quality of your app in the long run.

5. Security

Familiar with version control, also known as source control. Collaborative version control tools like GitHub or control systems like git or Mercurial are the most popular for peer code review to protect your investment in code.

6. Design & User Experience

A basic understanding of design patterns and how to support the visual resolution of the app is a valuable addition. This basic knowledge is necessary to improve the user experience, analyzing how the user navigates and interacts with the app layout.

How Much Does It Cost To Hire Good iOS Developers?

The average US salary of an iOS developer is around $130,000 per year depending on ther specialization and expertise level. In addition, pay rates vary depending on the developer´s location, year of experience and skill set. Without impacting the last two factors, you can save the budget hiring remotely outside the US. 

What is the hourly rate for an iOS developer? Here are the average salaries and hourly rates for iOS developers in key countries according to Talent.com and Glassdoor: