Mobile Developer (Kotlin/Swift) - Contract, Cape Town

Blue Pearl HQ; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl HQ is seeking a skilled Mobile Developer to design, build, and maintain high-quality mobile applications for Android (Kotlin) and/or iOS (Swift). You will work with cross‑functional teams to ensure performance and modern development practices across platforms.

You will deliver reliable features, integrate backend services, and contribute to a mobile-first design approach while staying current with evolving technologies and tools.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in mobile app development (Android or iOS).
• Experience integrating with backend services via RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., SQL).
• Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of platform design guidelines (Material Design / Apple Human Interface Guidelines).

Responsibilities

• Deliver mobile features that are reliable, well‑tested, and delivered on time.
• Analyze requirements to plan and implement development tasks.
• Collaborate with product owners, designers, and backend developers to build mobile apps.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services for mobile functionality.
• Design, develop and enhance new mobile features and improvements.
• Maintain and troubleshoot existing apps for performance and stability.
• Work with UX/UI teams to implement mobile-first designs.
• Participate in peer code reviews to improve code quality.
• Support testing, releases, and deployments across environments.
• Stay up to date with mobile technologies and best practices.

Skills

Mobile development

Kotlin

Swift

REST APIs

CI/CD

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Bitbucket

Job description

Blue Pearl HQ is seeking a skilled Mobile Developer to design, build, and maintain high-quality mobile applications for Android (Kotlin) and/or iOS (Swift). You will work with cross‑functional teams to ensure performance and modern development practices across platforms.

You will deliver reliable features, integrate backend services, and contribute to a mobile-first design approach while staying current with evolving technologies and tools.