Mobile Engineer Resume Guide
Showcase your iOS, Android, or cross-platform expertise. Learn how to present app store success, performance wins, and platform-specific skills.
Markus Fink
Senior Technical Recruiter, Ex - Google, Airbnb
What You'll Learn
Platform Choice
Be clear about your platform focus:
📱 iOS Native
Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Xcode, Core Data
🤖 Android Native
Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Room, Android Studio
⚛️ Cross-Platform
React Native, Flutter, Expo
Specialize or clearly position as cross-platform. 'Mobile Engineer (iOS)' is clearer than just 'Mobile Engineer'.
Mobile-Specific Metrics
Mobile has unique metrics hiring managers love:
- App Store ratings — 'Improved rating from 3.2 to 4.6 stars'
- Downloads / MAU — '500K downloads, 100K monthly active users'
- Crash-free rate — 'Achieved 99.9% crash-free sessions'
- App size — 'Reduced app size by 40%'
- Startup time — 'Improved cold start from 4s to 1.5s'
Technical Skills
Structure your skills by category:
- Languages — Swift, Kotlin, Dart, TypeScript
- Frameworks — SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, React Native, Flutter
- Architecture — MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture
- Tools — Xcode, Android Studio, Fastlane, Firebase
- Testing — XCTest, Espresso, Detox
Bullet Point Examples
✅ Strong
"Led iOS app rewrite from UIKit to SwiftUI, reducing codebase by 35% while improving app store rating from 3.8 to 4.7 stars."
✅ Strong
"Optimized Android app startup time from 4.2s to 1.8s through lazy initialization and module optimization, reducing uninstall rate by 20%."
✅ Strong
"Built React Native app serving 200K MAU with offline-first architecture using Redux Persist, achieving 99.5% crash-free rate."