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Mobile Apps

If you need an iOS or Android app but not a permanent mobile team, we will scope it, build it and put it in the app stores for you. The work is done by senior engineers on our own payroll, working your British hours, with a UK-based client success manager keeping the project honest. Because our engineers cost 50 to 75% less than comparable British hires, the budget goes into the product rather than the overhead.

  • Native or cross-platform, chosen for your product rather than our preference
  • Design, engineering and QA from one accountable team on your hours
  • Store submission handled, so the app actually reaches users
Hire Mobile Apps
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TRUSTED BY 300+ENGINEERING TEAMS

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Client onboarding call with a Cloud Employee engineer joining the team

Our Service

One team from first scope to store listing

A London agency will quote handsomely for the same work, and a marketplace freelancer will leave you holding the codebase alone. We sit between the two. Senior engineers, vetted by CTOs through live pair programming, carry your app from scoping through release, and the contract rolls monthly with 30 days notice, so you are never locked into a build that has stopped earning its keep.

  • Scoping that names what to cut as readily as what to build
  • Built by our full-time employees, never subcontracted out
  • Tested, released and supported past the launch date

Built by Specialists

Every layer of the build, covered by people who own it

  • iOS DevelopmentSwift and SwiftUI engineers building responsive, App Store-ready iOS apps.
  • Android DevelopmentKotlin and Jetpack-native apps optimized for scale, performance, and UX.
  • Engineer reviewing code on screen
  • Cross-PlatformFlutter and React Native apps built from a single codebase for faster, cost-effective delivery.
  • Development team collaborating in the office
  • Mobile BackendReal-time features, auth flows, APIs & logic - engineered for mobile-first performance.
  • UX & UI EngineeringOur frontend mobile devs turn designs into fluid, intuitive, high-performance interfaces.
  • Legacy UpgradesModernize Java, Objective-C, and hybrid apps with zero user disruption.

Full Stack Mobile Coverage

Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native and the backend behind them

Technology coverage

From your front end to your back end, we've got your stack handled.

Frequently placed for Mobile Apps

Vetting

You see two people - not 200 CVs.

Engineers vet engineers

A senior engineer runs a live technical conversation on the candidate's real stack, not a recruiter working from a keyword list.

Live coding, not take-homes

Real problems solved in front of an assessor, with anti-cheating checks. You see how they actually work, not what they submitted overnight.

A full profile, not a CV

Every candidate arrives with a CV, interview summary, coding-test breakdown and rate in pounds. You decide on evidence.

Every tab is a stage a candidate has to clear. Six of them, all run by our own internal engineers at Cloud Employee, before you see a name.

  • Overview
  • CV
  • Tech interview
  • Coding test
  • Psychometric
  • Soft skills

Scored by people. We use AI to cross-check our own consistency - never to decide who reaches your shortlist.

Vetted senior mobile engineer candidate profile

Luka M.

Vetted

Senior Mobile Engineer · Swift · Kotlin · React Native · 6 yrs · Zagreb, Croatia (GMT+1)

£4,900/moAvailable in 2 weeks

Assessment

Six years in production Python, the last three on LLM systems - retrieval pipelines, eval suites, and agent tooling for UK fintech. Owns delivery end to end.

Coding test88%
Live interviewStrong
PsychometricTop 9%
Stack
Python · LangGraph
English
C1 fluent
Overlap
8 hrs UK
Notice
2 weeks

AI in practiceShips with Copilot and Claude Code daily, and rewrote 40% of the generated code in his observed task - the judgement is his, the tooling only makes him faster.

Career history

2023 - now

Senior AI Engineer

UK payments platform · 40-person product team

Built the retrieval assistant now resolving 30% of tier-1 tickets; owns its eval suite and guardrails.

2020 - 2023

Backend Engineer, Python

Travel booking SaaS · Zagreb

Moved fraud scoring onto a real-time feature pipeline; cut false declines by 18%.

2019 - 2020

Data Engineer

Agency · Python, Postgres, AWS

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • LangGraph
  • pgvector
  • Evals & tracing
  • AWS
  • Docker

Technical interview

Assessed by Marco R., Principal Engineer

12 Jun 2026
55 min · live call

System design4 out of 5
Code quality5 out of 5
Debugging4 out of 5
Communication5 out of 5

"Walked me through an assistant that was quietly hallucinating refund policy, how he caught it in evals, and what he got wrong on the first fix. Hire-ready for a senior seat."

Live coding test

Fix a lifecycle leak in a live screen

Python 3.12 · pytest · observed screen share

88
score

Tests passed
21 / 21
Time used
62 of 90 min
Anti-cheat flags
0

retrieval.py · submitted diff

- hits = index.query(q, k=50)+ hits = index.query(rewrite(q), k=50, filter=tenant)+ hits = rerank(hits, q)[:8]  # recall 0.62 -> 0.91+ assert_context_budget(hits, max_tokens=6000)

Psychometric · technical thinking

How he reasons under a real deadline - not a personality quiz.

Top 9%of engineers
we test

Abstract reasoning92
Problem decomposition88
Attention to detail90
Learning agility94
Risk awareness82
  • Systems thinker
  • Root cause over quick patch
  • Asks before assuming

A 45-minute reasoning test, scored against the 4,000+ engineers we have already placed. Our assessors do the marking - AI only flags where our own scoring looks inconsistent.

Soft skills · working with your team

Communication5 out of 5
Ownership5 out of 5
Collaboration4 out of 5
Takes feedback4 out of 5
Spoken English
C1 · assessed on call
References
2 of 2 verified

"He raised the payment edge case nobody else had spotted, in writing, two days before release."

Reference check · former tech lead, UK payments platform

This is what you receive - not a CV.

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Why Cloud Employee?

A build partner that stays after the launch

Most app projects fail after release, not before it, when the agency has moved on and nobody owns the bug list. We stay. The same engineers who built your app can keep shipping updates, and if you want the team in-house later, they can embed with you full time. 97% of our engineers stay beyond two years, which is what makes that continuity real rather than a promise.

  • Same engineers before and after release, not a handover
  • Updates, fixes and new features on a rolling monthly basis
  • Grow the build team into an embedded one when you are ready
Long-tenure engineering team at work

More than Engineers

Delivery, talent and support teams behind every build, with a UK contact

Fully supported

We handle the rest so your engineers can focus on building.

Engineer in a performance review sessionPerformance reviews
Team member handling payroll and compliancePayroll & compliance
Dual-monitor engineering workstation and equipmentEquipment
Engineering team in a modern office workspaceWorkspace
Molly and Daniel on a welcome-to-the-team onboarding call

In-house, without the friction

No upfront fees. No lock-in contracts.

  • No placement or upfront fees
  • Rolling 30-day contract, cancel anytime
  • One monthly rate, everything included

What role are you hiring for?

Pick one to start - you'll see matching engineers at the end.

  • 300+ teams built
  • 97% stay 2+ years
  • Replace if it isn't working

Got questions?

The questions CTOs and founders ask.

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Yes. Most of our clients are in the UK, the US and Australia. Your developer works your hours, and a UK-based client success manager is your point of contact throughout.

Cloud Employee is the employer of record, so your developer is our full-time employee rather than a contractor you engage directly. We handle their payroll, benefits and HR in their own country.

Typically 50-75% less than a comparable UK hire once salary, employer costs and overheads are counted. Rates run from roughly £28 to £63 an hour ($35-80, depending on seniority), billed as one monthly fee with no placement charges.

Vetting is CTO-led and covers a technical assessment, a live pair programming session and cultural fit screening, all run by senior engineers rather than recruiters. You interview a shortlist of two matched candidates.

You are typically interviewing matched candidates within 7 working days of a requirements call, and developers are often embedded and pushing code within about two weeks.

There is a two-week money-back guarantee, and if you want to continue we replace the developer free of charge.

Your developer's working hours are aligned to yours, so stand-ups and pairing happen through the UK day, and we keep cover available outside standard hours for anything critical.

There are no placement fees and you pay nothing to interview. Vetting is run by our in-house CTO with peer review from senior engineers, and after the hire we stay responsible for HR, payroll and retention rather than disappearing once the invoice clears.

Yes, always. Your developer sits in your Slack, email and daily channels as a full member of your team, and can even list your company on their LinkedIn if you prefer.

Yes, clients are welcome at our offices, which are set up for exactly that. Hire four or more developers and we cover the flights and accommodation for a visit.

You'll receive a launch-ready product, fully tested, deployed, and handed over with clean documentation, source code, and a clear path for scaling or ongoing support.

Both work. Bring your own designs, or let our in-house designers handle UX and UI as part of the build.

We can audit your existing work and build on top of it, or help you start fresh if it's faster, safer, or more scalable.

Nope. We handle day-to-day project management, progress tracking, and delivery, you just stay in the loop and make key decisions.

That depends on the scope. We'll define timelines during the scoping phase and keep delivery lean and milestone-driven.

We can support post-launch updates, bug fixes, and new features, or help you build your own embedded team to take it forward.

Yes. We deliver full-stack products, front end, back end, mobile apps, and APIs, designed to work together from day one.

Yes. It's your IP. You'll receive full access to the codebase, repos, and all project documentation.

We offer both fixed-price and flexible engagement models, depending on the scope, complexity, and timeline.

We scope tightly up front but remain flexible. If priorities shift, we can adjust your roadmap or re-scope milestones without derailing delivery.

We offer strategic product and technical consulting, scoping features, planning roadmaps, validating AI use cases, and advising on build decisions.

This isn't just discovery fluff. Our consultants are CTOs, engineers and PMs who know how to ship. You'll leave with actionable output, not just slides.

Not at all. We'll help shape your ideas into something buildable, whether it's an MVP, a prototype, or a feature release plan.

Yes. We recommend tech based on your product needs, not on what we happen to know. Stack-agnostic, outcome-first guidance.

No. Our scoping and consulting services are standalone. You can take the plan elsewhere, or build with us when you're ready.

Not at all. We work with both technical founders and non-technical leaders. We translate ideas into build-ready outcomes, no jargon required.

Absolutely. We'll help define the leanest version of your product that delivers real user value, fast and buildable.

Yes. We help teams assess AI feasibility, recommend models, and shape realistic delivery plans, without the buzzword noise.

Yes. You can start with a focused engagement to explore ideas or validate direction. No long-term commitment required.

You are typically interviewing matched candidates within 7 working days of a requirements call, and developers are often embedded and pushing code within about two weeks. From there it is a rolling monthly contract with 30 days' notice, one monthly fee, and no placement charges. You can scale up or down as the work changes, and you pay nothing to interview.

Proof, not promises

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