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Hire iOS developers who ship apps that pass review and stay fast

Native iPhone and iPad apps in Swift, from the first screen to App Store release and crash triage. A dedicated iOS developer from Latin America who works your hours and owns the app after launch, not only until it ships.

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TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS

  • Apollo
  • Vonage
  • Expensify
  • GetAccept

How it works

How do I hire an iOS developer?

You do one thing: interview. We handle everything else.

1

Post the role

5 minutes. The role, the motion, the tools, the comp band. That is all we need to start.

2

Review your matches

3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.

3

Interview and hire

We coordinate interviews. On Managed Staffing, we also handle payroll and compliance across LATAM.

How it works

WHY TEAMS TRUST CLOUDTASK

What you get with every hire

Dedicated to your codebase

One iOS developer who learns your code, your conventions and your roadmap. Not a freelancer who closes a ticket and moves on.

Same hours as your team

Latin America and the Caribbean overlap the US working day, so code review, standups and production issues get handled live.

Searched against your stack

Minimum iOS version, SwiftUI or UIKit, architecture and the backend your app calls come from your brief, and each profile is checked against them before you see it.

Replacement guarantee

24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire. If the fit is wrong, the guarantee covers the replacement search.

WHY CLOUDTASK

Staffing with numbers behind it

10,000+

hires placed

since 2016

85%

still in seat

past 90 days

24 months

replacement guarantee

on Managed Staffing

12

countries

across Latin America and the Caribbean

TECH STACK

The iOS stack we screen for

Language and UI

  • Swift

  • SwiftUI

  • UIKit

  • Objective-C in legacy code

App architecture

  • MVVM and modular architecture

  • Swift concurrency with async and await

  • Core Data and SwiftData

  • Networking with URLSession

Release and quality

  • Xcode and Instruments

  • XCTest and UI tests

  • TestFlight and App Store Connect

  • Crash reporting and triage

Platform features

  • Push notifications

  • In-app purchases with StoreKit

  • Widgets and app extensions

  • Accessibility with VoiceOver

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PRICING MODEL

Managed Staffing.

Managed Staffing is open to every role we place. We find the person, handle payments and compliance, and stay involved after the hire with check-ins, visibility, and escalation when something is off. You get the person. We keep the machine running. For roles that create demand, outbound SDRs, BDRs, demand generation and full-cycle AEs, Managed Staffing runs on a six-month minimum term.

Pay

One all-in monthly rate

Per person. That is the number, and there is nothing added to it.

In the monthly rate

  • Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
  • Screening and vetting
  • Matching coordination
  • Worker payments
  • Compliance and employment administration
  • Onboarding support at day 0, 7, 30 and 60
  • Ongoing check-ins with the hire and with you
  • Time and activity tracking, on by default
  • Performance escalation
  • 24-month replacement guarantee. Replacements not capped.
  • Health benefits available on request
  • Equipment benefits available on request

Stays with you

  • The work itself
  • Priorities and direction
  • Who you hire

$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.

Start your search

PRICING MODEL

Direct Hire.

Direct Hire is open to every role we place. We find the person, vet them, and hand them over. You employ them, you manage them, you own the relationship from day one. Roles that create demand usually land here, because live call feedback and daily coaching work best coming straight from your sales leader, and there is no minimum term.

Pay

20% to 30%

Of first-year base salary. One time, quoted per role, paid when they accept.

In the fee

  • Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
  • Screening and vetting
  • Shortlist of matched candidates
  • Interview coordination
  • Offer support
  • 6-month replacement guarantee. One replacement, same job description.

Yours when they accept

  • Employment and payroll
  • Compliance and employment administration
  • Ongoing management
  • Time and activity tracking
  • Health benefits and equipment benefits

$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.

Start your search

How CloudTask compares

Run the numbers. We did.

The same role, three ways to fill it.

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US Direct Hire Staffing Agency
Time to First Interview 48 hours 3 to 6 weeks 2 to 4 weeks
Payroll & Compliance Included on Managed Staffing You manage Included in rate
Vetting Process Human + AI verified You screen Recruiter screened
Candidate spam Screened out before you see a profile Common Low
Tool Verification Verified per candidate Self-reported Rarely verified
Free Replacements 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire None Variable
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Testimonials

Trusted by teams that hire with us

  • LATAM has been a gold mine for talent. Our CloudTask hires understand our company culture and mission, and they connect with our customers in a way that drives high NPS and CX scores.
    David Barrett
    David Barrett CEO, Expensify
  • At first we were an SF-based team only. Then I met Amir Reiter back in 2018. After visiting Medellín, I knew LATAM would be key to our growth and success.
    Tim Zheng
    Tim Zheng CEO, Apollo.io
  • After meeting my CX and CS team in Medellín, we immediately loved the culture and the work ethic. As a European-HQ company, we found LATAM to be perfect to service our American clients.
    Carl Carell
    Carl Carell CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept

SKILLS

Top skills to look for in an iOS developer

Writing Swift is the entry ticket. These are the skills that decide whether your app stays stable, reviewable and easy to change across the next OS releases.

  • Swift, written for the team

    Value types, protocols and optionals handled deliberately, with no force unwraps hiding crashes that only show up in production.

  • SwiftUI and UIKit together

    Builds new screens in SwiftUI and knows when to drop into UIKit, because most real apps mix both.

  • Concurrency without data races

    Uses async and await and actors so network calls and UI updates happen on the right thread, without random freezes.

  • Release discipline

    Signing, provisioning, TestFlight and App Store review handled as routine work, not a crisis before every launch.

  • Crash triage from real data

    Reads crash reports and symbolicated stack traces, finds the cause and ships a fix, instead of guessing from a screenshot.

  • Accessibility on the device

    Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels and contrast checked on a real device before release, not after a complaint.

  • Tests where they matter

    Unit tests on the logic and a few UI tests on the paths users cannot afford to lose, such as sign in and checkout.

  • AI output, reviewed

    Uses coding assistants for boilerplate and first drafts, and checks what they produce against current Apple APIs before it merges.

HIRING GUIDE

How to hire iOS developers

An iOS hire is judged in production: crashes, review rejections and screens that break on the next OS update. This guide covers what an iOS developer does, how to choose between native and cross-platform, what to test, the red flags and when a dedicated iOS developer is the wrong hire.

What does an iOS developer do?

Builds and maintains your app for iPhone and iPad: screens, navigation, data, offline behavior and the connection to your backend. They also own the release pipeline, from signing and TestFlight builds to App Store review.

After launch the job is keeping the app healthy: fixing crashes, adapting to each new iOS release and shipping features without breaking what users already rely on.

iOS, Swift or cross-platform: which do you need?

Hire an iOS developer when the product is an Apple app and you want the best native experience and access to every platform feature. Swift is the language they write; an iOS developer also knows the platform, the frameworks and the release process.

If you need the same app on iOS and Android with one team, consider Flutter or React Native, and check that someone still owns the native side of each platform.

SwiftUI, UIKit and legacy code

New screens are usually built in SwiftUI, but many apps still run large parts in UIKit and some in Objective-C. Ask which parts of your app the candidate would touch first and how they would move between the two.

A strong candidate does not propose rewriting everything in SwiftUI. They migrate screen by screen, where it pays off.

What to test in an iOS developer interview

Give a small task close to your real work: a list screen that loads data from an API, caches it and handles a failed request. Read how they structure state, handle errors and keep the UI responsive.

Then ask about the last crash they fixed in production. You want to hear how they found it, what the stack trace said and how they made sure it did not come back.

Red flags in iOS developer candidates

Force unwraps everywhere. Code that assumes every optional has a value will crash on the first unexpected response from your API.

Work on the main thread. If network calls or heavy parsing run where the UI runs, users see frozen screens and the system may terminate the app.

No release experience. A candidate who has never handled signing, TestFlight or an App Store rejection will learn it on your deadline.

Crashes treated as random. If they cannot describe reading a crash report, bugs in production will stay open.

Generated code they cannot explain. Ask them to walk through something they built with an AI assistant. If it uses deprecated APIs and they did not notice, nobody reviewed it.

When should you not hire a dedicated iOS developer?

When the app is a thin wrapper around a website, or when the same simple features must ship on both platforms at once. A cross-platform developer or a mobile web approach may cover it.

It is also the wrong hire when nobody on your side can set priorities or review the work. A single developer without a product owner tends to build what is interesting instead of what users need.

How much does it cost to hire an iOS developer?

It depends on seniority, the scope of the work and the country the person works from, and any single number describes one scenario and calls it a price.

What is worth understanding is the shape. On Managed Staffing it is one all-in monthly rate per person, with payments, compliance and replacement cover inside it. On Direct Hire it is a one-time fee of 20% to 30% of first-year base salary and the person goes on your payroll. We quote your number before you interview anyone.

Why hire an iOS developer in Latin America?

Overlap. Development runs on code review, standups and incidents, and Latin America and the Caribbean share most of the US working day, so those happen in real time instead of overnight.

The second reason is communication. Your developer writes pull request descriptions, technical notes and status updates in English, and we screen English live on a call.

How does CloudTask hire for this role?

You send the iOS versions you support, SwiftUI or UIKit, the backend your app calls, the kind of work and the hours you need covered. We source against that brief and come back with 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours, each one screened on a live call and checked against the stack you named.

You interview and choose. On Managed Staffing we handle payments, compliance and onboarding and stay involved with check-ins. On Direct Hire the person joins your payroll from day one. Both carry a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.

FAQ

The fine print, in plain terms.

What is the difference between an iOS developer and a Swift developer?
Swift is the language; iOS is the platform. An iOS developer writes Swift and also knows the Apple frameworks, the design guidelines and the App Store release process. Swift is also used on the server, which is a different job.
Can an iOS developer work on our existing app?
Yes, and that is most of the work. Tell us the minimum iOS version, the mix of SwiftUI and UIKit and the architecture you run today, and each profile you see is checked against them.
We need iOS and Android. Should we hire two developers?
It depends on how native the app must feel. Two native developers give you the best of each platform. A cross-platform developer in Flutter or React Native ships both from one codebase. Tell us which, and we search for that profile.
How fast can an iOS developer start?
You get 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours. After you choose, plan the first week for access, a walkthrough of the app and a small first change that goes through TestFlight.
What is the $299 for?
It starts your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your first placement or toward a buyout, so it is not an extra cost, it is the first part of one.
Why is there no number on the monthly rate?
Because it depends on the role, the seniority and the country. We quote the all-in monthly rate per person before you interview, so you know the number before you commit to anyone.
Who is the legal employer?
On Managed Staffing, CloudTask is the contracting party and handles payments and compliance, and you direct the work. On Direct Hire, you employ and manage the hire from day one.
How does tracking work, and can I turn it off?
On Managed Staffing, time and activity tracking is on by default. Talk to us about your setup when you start your search.
What happens if the person does not work out?
Managed Staffing carries a 24-month replacement guarantee, and replacements are not capped. Direct Hire carries a 6-month replacement guarantee: one replacement for the same job description.
Is there a platform or subscription fee?
No. $299 starts your search, one time, and applies toward your first placement. There is no subscription.

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