iOS developers Jobs

While the design of mobile phones has largely been settled and without many significant deviations for many years now, the applications our devices host inside remain very different. An app is limited only by the bounds of the App Store and by an iOS app developer’s creativity and skill level. While iOS applications used to be very simple, able to be maintained by just one or two individuals, most modern apps require a full team to create and maintain. Here are some of the roles you may discover on that team:

• iOS Application Designer – These professionals are tasked with designing and integrating an application’s user interface (UI). Generally speaking, they strive to create designs that are aesthetically pleasing, abide by Apple’s various guidelines, and easy for users to navigate.
• iOS App Developer – A coding-intensive role requiring mastery in several programming languages, these developers create the application’s functionality in code. They also ensure that the app’s codebase is functional, properly annotated, and easy for future developers to work with.
• iOS App QA Tester – As the top iOS developers in the world surely know, QA is a very important step in the software development life cycle. QA Testers comb iOS applications for bugs before release, ensuring they will be error-free at launch.

As a dedicated iOS developer, you’ll have a lot of different tasks, priorities, and deadlines that you’ll need to manage and balance throughout each day. And to add another dimension to the puzzle, while you’ll be working as part of a collaborative development team, you’ll still be expected to operate independently and with initiative. But don’t worry – if you’re tech savvy to the core, the following list of common iOS mobile developer job responsibilities will sound more like play than it does work:

• Create iOS applications that are cleanly coded, responsive, and adhere to Apple’s Human Interface Design Guidelines (among other accessibility and performance standards)
• Conduct QA testing of the new application to ensure an error-free launch state
• Provide ongoing application support, including troubleshooting and deploying bug fixes
• Refactor, improve, and optimize an app’s existing codebase for better functionality or to suit a new business need

Entry level iOS jobs might not require too much from you as a prospective candidate, but on the other hand, it’s far from an easy road if you want to become a full stack iOS developer (to use a very complex example). Detailed knowledge of the iOS developer stack takes time and experience to build, and every organization has slightly different requirements for hiring, but the following qualifications are a good example of the baseline requirements for iOS developers:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree, ordinarily in a STEM subject
• Professional experience developing applications for iOS devices
• A comprehensive understanding of iOS databases and libraries, as well as any necessary third-party APIs and libraries
• Strong analytical, logical, and qualitative reasoning skills
• Soft skills that support teamwork, like communication and collaboration

There’s demand for iOS application developer jobs in virtually every modern industry, simply due to Apple’s current status as one of two main mobile device market competitors. While a desire to develop an iOS application can and does arise from within any industry, these are some of the most common modern industries hiring native iOS developers:

• Entertainment
• Retail and eCommerce
• Education
• Government and Defense
• Hospitality