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Hire Swift developers who write code Apple platforms reward
Deep Swift for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and the server. A dedicated Swift developer from Latin America who works your hours and writes safe, concurrent code your team can read and extend.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS
How it works
How do I hire a Swift developer?
You do one thing: interview. We handle everything else.
Post the role
5 minutes. The role, the motion, the tools, the comp band. That is all we need to start.
Review your matches
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.
Interview and hire
We coordinate interviews. On Managed Staffing, we also handle payroll and compliance across LATAM.
WHY TEAMS TRUST CLOUDTASK
What you get with every hire
Dedicated to your codebase
One Swift 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
Target platforms, Swift version, UI framework and the packages you depend on 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 Swift stack we screen for
The language
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Protocols and generics
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Value types and memory management
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Swift concurrency with actors
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Swift Package Manager
Apple platforms
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iOS and iPadOS
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macOS
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watchOS and tvOS
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SwiftUI and UIKit or AppKit
Server and tooling
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Server-side Swift with Vapor
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Command line tools in Swift
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Xcode and Instruments
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Objective-C interoperability
Quality
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XCTest and Swift Testing
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Code review and linting
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Continuous integration for Xcode projects
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 searchPRICING 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 searchHow 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 |
Testimonials
Trusted by teams that hire with us
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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 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 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 CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept
SKILLS
Top skills to look for in a Swift developer
Anyone can make Swift compile. These are the skills that show someone understands the language well enough to keep a large codebase safe and fast.
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Protocol-oriented design
Uses protocols, generics and extensions to share behavior cleanly, without deep class hierarchies that are hard to change.
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Value and reference types
Knows when a struct or a class is right, and how copying and reference cycles affect memory and correctness.
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Structured concurrency
Uses async and await, tasks and actors so shared state stays consistent and the compiler catches data races.
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Safe optionals and errors
Handles optionals and thrown errors explicitly, with no force unwraps or silent failures waiting in production.
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Packages and modules
Splits code into Swift packages with clear boundaries, so builds stay fast and teams do not step on each other.
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More than one Apple platform
Shares code across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch targets, and knows where each platform needs its own behavior.
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Tests and readable code
Writes focused tests and clear names, so the next person can change the code without reading all of it.
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AI output, reviewed
Uses coding assistants for boilerplate and first drafts, and checks that generated Swift is concurrency safe before it merges.
HIRING GUIDE
How to hire Swift developers
A Swift hire is about depth in the language: concurrency, memory, types and the way a codebase grows. This guide covers what a Swift developer does, how the role differs from an iOS developer, what to test, the red flags and when a dedicated Swift developer is the wrong hire.
What does a Swift developer do?
Writes and maintains Swift code for Apple platforms and, on some teams, for the server. Most work on apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac, but the emphasis is on the code itself: types, modules, concurrency and shared libraries.
On a mature team the Swift specialist often owns the shared frameworks other developers build on, and keeps the codebase ready for each new language version.
Swift developer or iOS developer: which do you need?
If your work is an iPhone app and its release, an iOS developer is the natural fit. If you ship on several Apple platforms, maintain shared Swift packages or run Swift on the server, ask for Swift depth first.
In practice most profiles overlap. The brief decides it: tell us the platforms, the kind of code and whether App Store releases are part of the job.
Concurrency and safety
Modern Swift gives the compiler a way to catch data races through actors and sendable checking. Moving an older codebase to this model is real work, and it is where many teams get stuck.
Ask the candidate how they would migrate a class that is shared between threads today. A strong answer is incremental and explains what the compiler will complain about along the way.
What to test in a Swift developer interview
Give a small task close to your real work: a type that fetches and caches data concurrently, with errors handled and a test. Read the choice of types, how shared state is protected and how failures are reported.
Then ask about a memory leak or a crash they tracked down. You want to hear about the tools they used and how they confirmed the fix.
Red flags in Swift developer candidates
Force unwraps and forced try. Code that assumes nothing fails will crash the first time something does.
Classes for everything. A candidate who never reaches for structs or protocols will build hierarchies that are hard to test and change.
Threads managed by hope. If shared state is protected by nothing, or by a pattern they cannot explain, expect intermittent bugs.
No view on memory. Not knowing what a retain cycle is, or how to find one, means leaks in long running screens.
Generated code they cannot explain. Ask them to walk through Swift an AI assistant wrote for them. If they cannot say why it is safe across threads, nobody reviewed it.
When should you not hire a dedicated Swift developer?
When your app must ship on Android at the same time with the same team. A cross-platform developer may be the better single hire.
It is also the wrong hire when nobody on your side can review code or set priorities. A single developer without a technical lead tends to build what is interesting instead of what the business needs.
How much does it cost to hire a Swift 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 a Swift 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 Apple platforms you target, the Swift version and UI framework you run, 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.
Is a Swift developer the same as an iOS developer?
Can a Swift developer work with our Objective-C code?
Can you find Swift developers for server-side work?
What is the $299 for?
Why is there no number on the monthly rate?
Who is the legal employer?
How does tracking work, and can I turn it off?
What happens if the person does not work out?
Is there a platform or subscription fee?
Ready to hire?
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours. Start with a quick role brief to get your shortlist.