Top ATS-Schlüsselwörter

• iOS
• Android
• Swift
• SwiftUI
• Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• React Native
• Flutter
• Dart
• Xcode
• Android Studio
• Firebase
• App Store
• Play Store
• Push Notifications
• In-App Purchase
• CI/CD
• Fastlane
• Crashlytics
• Mobile Performance

Worauf Personalverantwortliche achten

Mobile hiring managers care most about shipped apps with users — not framework count. Lead with apps in production, install counts, store ratings, and crash-free user rate. Native vs. cross-platform is still a meaningful split: be explicit about which platforms you have shipped to and your depth in each. Performance specifics carry weight: cold-start times, frame rates, memory profiles. Mention store-submission war stories — rejection reasons you have appealed, App Tracking Transparency rollout, Play Store policy compliance — since these signal real production experience. Cross-platform engineers should still demonstrate native fluency for at least one platform; pure RN/Flutter resumes without any native chops top out at mid-level.

Beispiel-Stichpunkte nach Erfahrungsstufe

Einstiegsebene

• Shipped iOS app feature for in-app subscription tier hitting 8.4% conversion in first 30 days, generating $42K MRR
• Reduced cold start time from 2.6s to 1.1s via lazy module loading, lifting day-1 retention 6%
• Built SwiftUI onboarding flow used by 180K new users, A/B tested against UIKit version (variant won by 11% completion)
• Authored 84 unit + UI tests for payments module, lifting coverage from 31% to 78% and catching 4 regressions pre-release

Mittlere Ebene

• Led migration of legacy UIKit screens (62 of them) to SwiftUI, cutting mean view-controller load time 38% and shipping feature parity in 4 months
• Designed offline-first sync layer using Core Data + custom merge resolver, reducing user-reported sync bugs from 14/week to under 1/week
• Implemented Fastlane + GitHub Actions release pipeline cutting release prep time from 2 days to 3 hours
• Drove crash-free user rate from 98.2% to 99.84% over two quarters via Crashlytics-driven prioritization and 22 targeted fixes

Senior

• Owned architecture for cross-platform money-movement app (4.6M MAU, $2.1B GMV) across iOS and Android with shared Kotlin Multiplatform layer
• Hired and mentored 6-engineer mobile team, shipping 38 production releases over 18 months with zero P0 store-side regressions
• Drove App Tracking Transparency rollout strategy preserving 73% of pre-ATT measurement signal, beating industry median by ~25%
• Negotiated and won App Store appeal for novel subscription model used by competitors, opening $3.4M ARR opportunity

Häufige Fehler im Lebenslauf

No live app links

Resume mentions an app but no App Store or Play Store link is the single most common red flag. Always include direct links plus install counts or store rating if positive.

Hiding the crash-free rate

Crash-free user rate is a baseline metric every hiring manager checks. If yours is 99.5%+ on a non-trivial user base, quote it. If it is not great, mention how you brought it from X% to Y%.

Native vs cross-platform confusion

"Built mobile apps in React Native and Swift" is too vague. Was the Swift work native iOS? Bridging RN modules? Be explicit, since hiring managers screen on this split.

Missing store-side work

App Store / Play Store submissions, ASO, A/B testing of store listings, IAP and subscription mechanics — these are mobile-specific skills that backend-leaning resumes ignore. Mention them when relevant.

Ignoring performance specifics

Mobile users abandon at 3-second cold starts. If you have moved any metric (cold start, frame drops, memory) include the before/after — these are the most credible mobile resume bullets.

Karriereweg & Gehalt

US 2026 base. Mobile-heavy consumer companies (gaming, social, fintech) often exceed this by 30-50% via equity. Native iOS specialists in SF/NYC routinely command top-end of senior bands.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Should I focus on native or cross-platform?

Both, ideally. Pure cross-platform resumes (React Native or Flutter only) cap out at mid-level for most hiring bars. At senior level, employers expect native fluency in at least one platform plus cross-platform breadth.

How do I show app quality without violating NDA?

List the App Store / Play Store URL — public listing data is fair game. For apps you cannot publicly attribute, describe scale ("10M+ downloads consumer app") without naming the company.

Is App Store rejection experience worth mentioning?

Yes if you successfully appealed or restructured to ship. "Resolved 4 App Store rejections including subscription policy and IDFA usage" signals real production experience.

How important is Kotlin Multiplatform / KMP in 2026?

Growing fast for shared business-logic layers. Mentioning KMP experience differentiates from RN/Flutter-only candidates and signals you understand platform-native concerns.

Do I need a personal app on the store?

Helpful early career, less so past 3 years of professional shipping. A personal app with real users can substitute for thin work experience but cannot replace shipped commercial work.