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Hire Swift app developers who build for the platform, not around it.

Swift and SwiftUI development for apps that need to feel like Apple built them, engineers who profile battery and memory in Instruments before shipping, not after a one-star review flags it, and who know the App Store review process well enough not to lose a week to it.

48haverage match3%acceptance rate120+engineers placed, all roles
SwiftUI & UIKit

Native interfaces built against Apple's own patterns, not a cross-platform approximation.

Performance

Instruments-profiled memory, battery, and launch-time work before it ships, not after.

Apple ecosystem

Widgets, Live Activities, StoreKit, and push, integrated the way Apple actually intends.

App Store release

TestFlight betas and review-compliant submissions that don't stall in review.

Skills & tools

What strong Swift App Developers know cold.

Language & UI
SwiftSwiftUIUIKitObjective-C (legacy)
Apple platform
Core DataCloudKitStoreKitWidgetKit
Concurrency & architecture
Swift ConcurrencyCombineMVVMasync/await
Tooling
XcodeInstrumentsTestFlightFastlane
Why hire through Code Elevator
Ships to the App Store, not just a simulator. Every candidate has taken an app through actual review, provisioning profiles, entitlements, rejection appeals, not just built one in Xcode.
Profiles before it ships. Memory leaks and battery drain get caught in Instruments during development, not reported by users after launch.
Fluent in Apple's own patterns. Interfaces that follow the Human Interface Guidelines by default, so the app feels native instead of visibly translated from somewhere else.
Typical rate

from $22/hr

A typical range. Your final rate depends on experience level, timezone overlap and how long you book for.

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How we vet

Four stages. Three percent get through.

Floor 01 · pass rate38%Still standing after floor 01.
  1. 01Screening38%Résumé, background, and communication check, the fastest way to rule out a bad fit.
  2. 02Technical Deep Dive22%A senior engineer probes real system design and stack depth, not trivia.
  3. 03Live Build Test9%A timed, real-world task. We watch how they actually ship, not just what they claim.
  4. 04Client Fit Interview3%Ownership, reliability, and how they work inside your team on day one.
Every hire
  • Shortlist in 48 hoursProfiles, not a waiting list.
  • Free replacementWrong fit swapped at no cost.
  • No conversion feeHire them direct whenever you want.
  • IP yours from day oneAssigned in writing, not at handover.
  • Month to monthNo lock-in, and no notice period.
Proof

Shipped, not slideware.

What clients say

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Questions

Answered before you ask.

SwiftUI by default for new work; it's faster to build and maintain. We drop into UIKit where SwiftUI still has real gaps, complex custom transitions, some collection view behaviors, or when we're extending an existing UIKit codebase rather than rewriting it.

By not triggering them in the first place where we can help it, entitlements, privacy manifests, and metadata checked against Apple's current guidelines before submission. When a rejection does happen, we've been through the appeal process enough times to resolve it in days, not weeks.

Yes. These are common asks and a normal part of the role, not a specialist add-on. We scope them alongside the core app rather than as an afterthought once the phone app is done.

Yes. Most engagements are incremental, new features in Swift, interoperating cleanly with the existing Objective-C via the bridging header, rather than a risky full rewrite up front.

What you're not risking

Every way out of this hire is already written down.

Two-week replacement

Not a fit? Replace anyone in the first two weeks. No questions asked, no replacement fee. We re-match from the same vetted pool.

No placement fee

You pay only for engineers who actually start. Seeing candidates costs nothing.

No lock-in

Dedicated and managed engagements run on a monthly rolling contract. Cancel with notice.

Rate agreed up front

You see the number before you commit. Nothing is added on top of it later.

Get started

Bring us the iOS build. Three matched engineers in 48 hours.

A new app, a stuck App Store submission, or a UIKit codebase due for SwiftUI, tell us the shape of it and we'll scope the real timeline.

We reply within an hour during our working day in India and the UAE.

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