Mobile developer recruitmentClients in the UK, Europe and USA

Mobile CVs list platforms. They can’t show you a dropped connection.

Lifecycle bugs, memory pressure and flaky Bluetooth don’t show up on a CV. A mobile developer interviews every candidate before you do, so your final interviews are with people who can handle real devices and real releases.

Where your hiring time goes

01

The re-screening tax

Mobile titles hide very different jobs: native iOS, native Android, cross-platform and connected devices. Telling them apart from a CV takes a mobile engineer, so the CVs come to you for a second read, and the platform gaps show up in your interview.

02

The CV stopped being evidence

The CV saysReact Native, Flutter
It can’t tell youWhether they understand the bridge to native capabilities, and when shared code should give way to a platform-specific implementation.
The CV saysSwift, Kotlin
It can’t tell youHow they handle lifecycle, background work, memory pressure and state restoration.
The CV saysBluetooth, IoT
It can’t tell youWhat their app does when a device drops the connection, fails to pair or reports an inconsistent state.

If you run hiring for engineering

You need CVs that pass engineering’s interview, so you can send a shortlist it trusts. An engineer reads every CV before it reaches you. Fewer CVs, but better ones.

58%

of HR and recruitment leads who use agencies say the main reason engineering rejects agency candidates is that the CV looked good, but the person couldn’t do the job.

Source: our October 2026 survey of 134 HR and recruitment leads.

What the CV can’t tell you, and our interview does

A developer or CTO who works in the stack interviews every candidate. Each of these is a question you would otherwise only answer in your own interview.

Cross-platform or native?

Whether they understand the bridge to native capabilities, can diagnose a slow screen and know when shared code should give way to a platform-specific implementation.

Platform depth

Whether they handle lifecycle, concurrency, state restoration, background work and memory pressure the way the platform expects.

Real devices, real failures

How they handle discovery, pairing, dropped connections, permissions and inconsistent device state, and how they reproduce and observe those failures.

What every shortlisted candidate has to show

Knows what the platform is doing

They can explain what the operating system and framework do for them, and how they would investigate a device-specific failure without copying fixes from an AI assistant.

Uses AI with engineering discipline

They can show how they check generated code and tests against real devices and release requirements, and stay accountable for what ships to the store.

Honest about platform gaps

They say which platforms and device integrations they have shipped, which they have not, and when they need support.

How we take the screening off your desk

We recruit mobile developers across React Native, Flutter, Swift and Kotlin, including connected-device and Bluetooth roles. A mobile developer screens every candidate on platform behaviour, release quality and integration reliability.

Either way you get about 3 to 5 screened CVs a week, per role.

Route 1: we screen, you run the deep interview

We do

  • Source candidates for the role
  • A technical screen of every candidate, run by a developer or CTO who works in your stack
  • A CTO approves every CV before it reaches you

You do

  • Run the deep technical interview with the shortlist
  • Make the offer

Route 2: we run the deep interview too

We do

  • Everything in Route 1, including the technical screen of every candidate
  • A 1.5 to 2 hour live-coding, architecture and implementation interview with your final candidates
  • A written assessment of each candidate after the interview

You do

  • Meet the candidates who passed
  • Make the offer

Teams we have hired for

eLockerOmnamBallerineHargreaves Lansdown

What clients say

“Metamindz helped us recruit our now CTO, reviewing CVs as they came in and then putting the CTO through a thorough 90-minute live 360 technical test. Feedback from our now CTO of the test was glowing and comms from Metamindz throughout the entire process were excellent. Highly recommend!”

Rupert Boddington

Co-Founder, Pockla

“Worked with Lev and Max. We worked with MetaMindz to help us interview and assess software engineering candidates. They were professional and great from the outset and throughout, great speed too. Would 100% recommend and we will be working with them again.”

Alexander Bushe

CEO, Fuller Focus

“We found it really easy working with Lev and the team to hire for our lead developer role and despite it still being early days, our new hire is making an impact already!” source

Billy Whiffen

Google review

Case studyeLocker

Five hires, and management time back for building product

5
hires across engineering and leadership roles
~90
candidates reviewed for eLocker's team
80%
retention: 4 of the 5 hires still in place, one left after more than a year due to career growth
  • Flutter and Bluetooth developer

    Working on a complex, mobile SDK that combines software and hardware, on a tight timeline and with multiple partners.

Impact as described by Billy Whiffen, eLocker.

What it costs

£5,000

Fixed fee for your first role

15% to 17%

Commission on each further hire

Included

  • Sourcing and screening
  • A technical screen of every candidate by a developer or CTO
  • A CTO approves every CV before you see it
  • About 3 to 5 screened CVs a week, per role
  • No exclusivity required
  • A 3 to 6 month guarantee, depending on seniority

Optional extra

  • Deep technical interview (Route 2)£300 an hour

    A 1.5 to 2 hour live-coding and technical grilling session per final candidate.

All fees exclude VAT.

Tell us about the role

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Our completed briefs include Swift, Kotlin, React Native and Flutter.

Yes. We have recruited for roles involving Bluetooth and connected-product requirements and can include that experience in the technical assessment.

Yes. Depending on the role, we can assess unit, integration and UI testing, Appium or Maestro, cross-device behaviour, store releases and practical production debugging.

Looking to hire?

Give us a few details about the role and your hiring plans. We'll assess your needs and get back to you with a practical next step.

Technologies in briefs we have recruited for

Listed for reference. We use these to scope the brief with you. A keyword on a CV is where screening starts, and the interview decides whether the candidate can do the work.

Cross-platform

  • React Native
  • Flutter

Native

  • Swift
  • Kotlin

Connected applications

  • Bluetooth (BLE)
  • IoT
  • RESTful APIs

Soft skills and working style

  • Product empathy
  • Patient debugging
  • Release discipline
  • Cross-platform thinking
  • Calm communication

Teams usually bring us in for: A native iOS or Android product team. A cross-platform application build. A connected-device or IoT mobile product.