Hire Mobile App Developers
Pre-screened iOS, Android, and cross-platform engineers matched to your codebase in about 3 days, ready to pick up your release backlog in the first week.
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When to hire a Fractional Mobile App Developer
Bring in a fractional Mobile App Developer when your app roadmap is stuck because nobody on the team owns iOS or Android full time.
Your web team keeps patching the app
Backend and web engineers are learning Swift or Kotlin on the job, and each release takes twice as long as planned.
Crash rates and one-star reviews are climbing
Crashlytics shows the same crashes every week, and your App Store rating is dragging down installs.
An OS update broke your build
A new iOS or Android release deprecated APIs you rely on, and you have a store deadline to meet.
The agency handed off code nobody understands
You own the app now, but there is no documentation, no tests, and no one who knows how to ship the next version.
You need a v1 before your next funding round
Investors want to see a working app in users' hands, and a full-time search will not finish in time.
Your iOS and Android apps have drifted apart
Features ship on one platform and lag on the other, and you are weighing a move to React Native or Flutter.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Mobile App Developer
You get a senior mobile engineer who has shipped to the App Store and Google Play before, working inside your repo, your CI pipeline, and your sprint cadence.
Put senior Swift and Kotlin skill on retainer
Pay a monthly retainer for the senior mobile hours you actually need instead of carrying a full-time salary, equity, and benefits for one platform.
Hit your next App Store submission date
Pre-screened candidates arrive in days, so your release does not slip while a job post sits open for months.
Hand the crash backlog to a proven builder
Every developer has shipped production apps, with references, and is screened on native, React Native, or Flutter depth before you meet them.
How to hire a Fractional Mobile App Developer
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Mobile App Developer is easy with Go Fractional.
Intro Call
Answer a few quick questions, then book a free 30-minute intro call with our team to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Our AI finds Fractional Mobile App Developer candidates whose past clients and projects match your brief, which you won’t find on LinkedIn. A dedicated executive recruiter verifies each one’s experience, fit, and genuine interest, and you meet the ones who fit in about 3 days.
Start Work
Book time with candidates right from your shortlist, choose your operator, and sign a simple month-to-month agreement. We move as fast as you do.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Mobile App Developer
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Mobile App Developer on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
- Try the fit before you commit, no hiring risk
- Faster speed to market, conserving time and resources
Interim Mobile App Developer
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional Mobile App Developer rates average $193/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
Mobile App Developer Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Mobile App Developer leadership, and where each one wins.
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| Factor | Fractional Mobile App Developer | Full-time hire | Agency / dev shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days | 2-4 months | 2-6 weeks |
| Engagement | Monthly retainer | Salary + equity + benefits | Fixed bid or project markup |
| Who owns the code | Your repo, your accounts | Your repo, your accounts | Often their repo until handoff |
| Continuity after launch | Same developer stays on for updates | Stays on long-term | New change orders for each fix |
| Best for | Shipping features and fixes flexibly | A large, stable mobile roadmap | One-off builds with a fixed scope |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“It was literally three days after he started with us fractionally, our CEO was calling me and asking if we could get a full-time offer out.”
“It's a can't-lose scenario. You either get the learnings from the subject matter expert, or you get the full-time capability. It provided a ton of flexibility, much faster speed to market, and conservation of time and resources.”
“Go Fractional provided Mockingbird with a founder-level engineering leader that helped us out of a huge amount of tech debt, streamlining and modernizing our entire e-commerce stack”
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